European Protein is founded by the Legarth-family
European Protein is founded to intensify the focus on the animal production industry with a dried and funtional fermented plant protein.
ABOUT EUROPEAN PROTEIN
European Protein is an innovative producer of fermented proteins tailored to enhance the health and productivity of pigs, poultry and aquaculture.
Founded in 2011, this family-owned company now delivers high-quality complementary proteins to farmers and feed producers worldwide through its three production facilities in Denmark, Ukraine and the US.
At European Protein, we aspire to provide tomorrow’s solutions today. That’s why we invest in cutting-edge research to develop alternative protein solutions that contribute to our shared goal of promoting sustainability, efficiency and animal welfare.
Our story
People
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Jens Legarth
CEO
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +45 23 34 93 34
Jens is educated in farming and export. He has been working in the animal production industry for more than 30 years, of which more than two decades centred around feed fermentation. In 2011 Jens and Lone founded European Protein. Jens works with international sales, lectures in fermentation and participates in many international projects to improve animal health and protein replacement.
Anne Hollænder Kristensen
Chief Quality Officer - on parental leave
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +45 29 66 93 34
Anne has a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and Biotechnology. She is also educated in agriculture specialising in cattle and has furthermore worked on a pig farm. She will be in charge of the Quality Assurance of our fermented protein.
Rene Schepens
Director
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +31 6 51 33 45 56
Rene is an Agricultural Engineer specialising in pigs. He has been working for over three decades as a consultant, commercial director and co-owner in the feed business. Rene is placed in Holland.
Thomas Pedersen
Sales Director
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +45 21419334
Thomas has an education in Export and has been Sales Director in European Protein for more than ten years. Thomas is responsible for all international sales across channels.
Jeppe Skovgaard Eskildsen
Sales Manager
phone: +45 29 62 19 30
Jeppe joined the sales team in February 2020 as a sales manager with responsibility for functional proteins targeted gamebirds and deer. For five years Jeppe has been a gamekeeper trainee and completes his education in Wildlife management in 2021.
Kasper Legarth
Sales Manager
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +45 40 18 93 34
Kasper works as a sales manager, responsible for Denmark and South America. Kasper has in-depth and hands-on experience from geese- and pig farming. He has followed Sales Management courses, before starting at European Protein in 2014.
Lone Legarth
Finance and Administration Manager
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +45 23 37 33 50
In 2011 Lone and Jens founded European Protein. Lone is responsible for all administration and finance. She has an education in nursing but shifted to an administrative position in the feed industry in 2008.
Belinda Theodora Holm Dam Jeppesen
Finance & Administration Assistant
e-mail: [email protected]
phone:+45 51 29 90 34
Belinda holds a Diploma in Finance & Accounting and started in European Protein in 2015. She has previously been working in the industry as a financial assistant and as an external bookkeeping consultant. Belinda handles book keeping, orders and sales supporter.
Pia Sørensen
Nutrition Development Director
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +45 25 34 04 04
Pia is our Nutrition Development Director. Pia has previously worked as a feed consultant and advices European Protein’s customers in feed optimisation and works to link data on gut health to productivity growth on farm.
Rikke Matthiesen
Chief Scientific Officer
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +45 29 11 34 91
Rikke is a chemical and biotechnology engineer. She has previously worked within the food industry. Rikke started working for us in 2020 where her most important task is to manage European Protein’s knowledge database, which consists of all microbiome, colostrum, blood and serum samples from our costumers’ herds.
Maria Almind
International Marketing Manager
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +45 31 20 23 33
Maria holds a BSc in Business Administration and Marketing Management. She has a background from the electronics industry as a Product and Marketing Manager. Maria is responsible for communication and marketing in European Protein.
Dr. Tan Yi Jing
General Manager of YH European Protein Asia
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +6012 537 8276
Tan holds an MBA and is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He leads YH European Protein Asia (YHEPA), focused on producing and commercialising fermented plant proteins for the Asian market.
Anders Legarth
Engineer
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +45 25 32 90 35
Anders is responsible for optimising our production facility and its processes to ensure that we remain at the forefront with the latest and most efficient technologies available.
Oleksii Smilianets
Production Manager
e-mail: [email protected]
phone: +45 21 54 13 34
Oleksii plans the daily production and runs the production team in Denmark.
Jevgen Vorobyov
Production co-worker
e-mail: [email protected]
Jevgen monitors the production process and samples the products to ensure that the enriched protein feed is uniform and of the same high quality. He supplies the production with the necessary raw materials and packs the end-product.
Oleksandr Pershko
Production co-worker
e-mail: [email protected]
Oleksandr monitors the production process and samples the products to ensure that the enriched protein feed is uniform and of the same high quality. He supplies the production with the necessary raw materials and packs the end-product.
Illia Skipor
Production co-worker
e-mail: [email protected]
Illia monitors the production process and samples the products to ensure that the enriched protein feed is uniform and of the same high quality. He supplies the production with the necessary raw materials and packs the end-product.
Serhii Popov
Production co-worker
e-mail: [email protected]
Serhii monitors the production process and samples the products to ensure that the enriched protein feed is uniform and of the same high quality. He supplies the production with the necessary raw materials and packs the end-product.
Maksym Zhupanov
Production co-worker
e-mail: [email protected]
Maksym monitors the production process and samples the products to ensure that the enriched protein feed is uniform and of the same high quality. He supplies the production with the necessary raw materials and packs the end-product.