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Philip Limvers joined The Greenery in February 2015

Dutch fresh produce company The Greenery has confirmed that its chief financial officer Philip Limvers has decided to step down at the end of his current contract in mid-2019.

Limvers was appointed to the role in February 2015 and is understood to have played an instrumental in a far-reaching financial restructuring of the business, as well as its subsequent refinancing and the widely reported renewal of its logistics infrastructure – including a number of sale and lease-back arrangements with Belgian group WDP.

'We are grateful to Philip Limvers for his great contribution to making The Greenery a financially sound organisation,' commented Bas Feijtel, chairman of the company's supervisory board.

Adding that it respected Limvers' decision to step down, the board said it had begun looking for a suitable successor that would be capable of implementing The Greenery's growth strategy.

Earlier this year, The Greenery said it was dedicating “maximum efforts” to strengthening its position as a sustainable supply chain manager, with plans to look more closely at how it might incorporate data, consumer preferences, health trends, technology, expansion and growth in e-commerce into its business.

The comments came as it published its annual report for 2017, during which it posted a 38 per cent increase in its net profit to €12.5m.