Simon Jan de Hoop

Story

Very excited to be part of a company that had to be built up from scratch.

One of the very first employees to join back in 1984, Simon Jan was head-hunted by the founder of East-West Seed, Simon Groot. While studying Plant Breeding at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, Simon Jan received a phone call from Simon Groot asking if he’d like to be at the very beginning of the East-West Seed journey as a plant breeder.

He was “very excited to be part of a company that had to be built up from scratch.” The right person for the right job, he has been a key part of the East-West Seed success story from the start.

Bio

Team :

Current position : Vice President for Research and Development, Member of the Board of Management

Works for East-West Seed since : 1984

Based in : Chiang Mai, Thailand

Education

Wageningen University, The Netherlands 
Masters in Plant Breeding

Maejo University, Thailand 
Honorary Doctorate

Other Team Members

Ard Groot

Ard Groot comes from seven generations of seedsmen who formed the foundations of the Dutch seed industry in Enkhuizen, The Ne...

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Simon Groot

Simon N. Groot is the founder of East-West Seed and the World Food Prize Laureate 2019.Simon Groot is a 6th generation descen...

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Rutger Groot

Rutger Groot is a member of the supervisory board of East-West Seed (since 2006) and concurrently chairs the East-West Seed K...

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Dilip Rajan

Dilip joined East-West Seed as General Manager for India in June 2018. He has over 25 years' international experience wi...

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Bert van der Feltz

Mr. van der Feltz is President and CEO of the East-West Seed Group. Earlier he served as Senior Vice President of the company...

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Michel Devarrewaere

Mr. Devarrewaere has over 28 years of experience in the seed industry in both the public and private sectors, where he held t...

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