Global seed giant De Ruiter has announced it is to strengthen its sales and marketing teams.

Gianni Bernardotto, managing director of De Ruiter Seeds, has announced that Martin van der Voort and Fulvio Berton will take over the position of global sales director and global marketing director respectively.

The De Ruiter Seeds organisation is strengthening its focus on becoming more market-oriented in order to secure successful growth across its departments.

Van der Voort started in De Ruiter Seeds in 2006 as commercial region manager for northern Europe and Japan/Korea.

Berton started in De Ruiter Seeds in July 2008 and has spent almost 20 years in the seed vegetable business.