Food and agriculture: industries as unique as the people who lead them.
And no one knows them like we do.
We are Kincannon & Reed, a global executive search and leadership development firm exclusively serving organisations within the food and agriculture industries.
We are a team of search professionals serving clients focused on feeding the world and keeping it healthy. We leverage our deep industry knowledge, data, and connections to identify and place leaders with the right experiences, values, and cultural fit.
240+
executive placements across the globe in the last two years
93%
of candidates placed remain with the client through the first year
2x
likelihood of 3-year candidate retention compared to search industry averages
With team members located across Europe and beyond, our firm is large enough to bring the right expertise while small enough to be nimble and responsive.
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As a consultant to Kincannon & Reed, Michael has helped place candidates across the globe. His international career spans more than 20 years in senior executive and board-level positions in global agribusiness, as well as the food, beverage, and household sectors in the UK, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. A graduate of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Michael served as an officer in the British Army for nine years.
Based in Germany, Attila serves Kincannon & Reed’s Europe and Asia-Pacific clients, focusing on senior management recruitment and succession appointments in the animal health sector.
Attila’s 30-year career includes global expertise in strategic and operational development for companies focused on research and development, manufacturing, and sales and marketing of veterinary vaccines, pharmaceuticals, and feed additives for livestock, aquaculture, and companion animals.
Attila holds a postgraduate degree in management from the European School of Management and Technology, Berlin, Germany, and the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, USA. He is fluent in German and English, and proficient in Spanish, Mandarin, and Japanese.
Christophe brings executive experience, a passion for the industry, and a broad network cultivated from over 30 years in the industry as an executive with organizations such as Bayer and Monsanto to each search engagement. As a strategic leader, Christophe is well-versed in sustainable growth and talent identification and development. He works with clients to discover needs and identify leaders that solve problems and grow organizations.
Fluent in French, English, German and Spanish, Christophe holds a Master of Science in Natural Sciences from the University of Rouen, France as well as a Post Graduate Degree in Crop Protection Engineering from E.N.S.H. Versailles, France.
Based in Europe, Oliver is a is a dynamic executive search professional with more than a decade spent in the food and agribusiness sectors. His appreciation for the intersection of food, agriculture, and leadership combined with his expertise, enables him to provide a consultative approach and top-tier service for our clients.
Oliver discovered his passion for talent consulting at a high-growth tech business. His background includes various commercial roles in agribusiness, from agritech start-ups to investors in East Africa. Oliver holds an MSc in Agricultural Economics and a BA in Political Science & Geography.
Based in the Netherlands, Roger combines his scientific and MBA credentials to provide executive search for clients in the crop input, food, and animal sectors.
Prior to joining Kincannon & Reed, Roger held director positions in R&D and strategy for BASF Vegetables, DummenOrange (flowers), Royal Fruitmasters, and Syngenta Vegetables. In addition to six patent applications, Roger holds an MBA from the University of Derby and a PhD in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology from Radboud University of Nijmegen.
Dynamic and multi-lingual with more than 15 years’ experience recruiting for executive leadership across a variety of sectors, Gabriella provides each client with a level of professionalism that drives results. Gabriella applies her experience as a research trainer for corporate talent acquisition departments to execute personality assessments when implementing client search strategies.
Gabriella holds multiple academic accreditations, including a Masters in Modern Languages from University of Cambridge, a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Institute of Personnel & Development and an LLB law degree from the University of Huddersfield.
As an industry, we continue to serve a more diverse consumer. We understand a vibrant, innovative workforce is built on a diversity of ideas and perspectives that start by bringing leadership with different backgrounds, experiences, and cultures to the table. That’s why we make every effort, in every search, to identify qualified, diverse candidates.
