{"id":129131,"date":"2026-09-25T12:22:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bioecoactual.com\/?p=129131"},"modified":"2026-09-25T12:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:22:54","slug":"opta-europe-new-board-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bioecoactual.com\/en\/2026\/09\/25\/opta-europe-new-board-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"OPTA Europe elects new Board with Stefan Hipp re-elected as President"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new chapter for OPTA Europe started at the 2026 General Assembly, held in Brussels on 24 September, when a new Board was elected for a three-year mandate.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9OPTA Europe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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New Board of OPTA Europe<\/h2>\n

The new Board is composed as follows:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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President<\/strong>
\nStefan Hipp (Hipp) \u2013 Germany<\/p>\n

Vice-president<\/strong>
\nDavid Car\u00e9 (Ecotone) \u2013 France<\/p>\n

Treasurer<\/strong>
\nChristine Gonz\u00e1lez (Dried Ingredients) \u2013 Germany<\/p>\n

Members of the Board<\/strong>
\nKarst Kooistra (Tradin Organic) \u2013 The Netherlands
\nAllard Bakker (De Groene Weg) \u2013 The Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Re-elected President Stefan Hipp said he was honoured to be taking the presidency again and was looking forward to tackling the regulatory and practical challenges for organic trading and processing companies ahead.<\/p>\n

OPTA Europe is the membership organisation representing the interests of European organic processing and trading companies.<\/em><\/p>\n

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