Devenish Welcomes Derek Gaffney as Commercial Director

With thirty-five years of experience in the animal nutrition and feed additive industry, Derek’s knowledge, extensive industry experience, and exceptional leadership skills make him an exciting addition to the Devenish team in the role of Commercial Director.

 

Derek’s experience includes 22 years in multiple roles spanning from feed mill quality assurance and production management, to ruminant nutrition and sales.

 

Additionally, Derek spent seven years as Export Commercial Director at a feed additive development company where he gained experience in feed additive development, production, patenting, and international sales in Europe, Asia, Middle East, and North and South America.

 

Finally, Derek spent six years as CEO for an animal and food nutrition company based in Ireland working with advanced animal nutrition for the benefit of human health from algae where he built a team around the purpose of improving human health through better animal nutrition. Key accomplishments include delivering the first Omega-3 chicken in Saudi Arabia, Omega-3 eggs across all M+S stores in the UK, and leading the team to significant partnerships in Europe.

 

Originally from Ireland and living in Finland for the past 12+ years, Derek will be relocating to Minnesota where he joins the Devenish North America team supporting the strategic growth of the business while working directly with Devenish swine, poultry, and ruminant divisions.