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Thomas MEMMERT

3rd Vice President (2019 - 2023)

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Introduction

Thomas Memmert is the Managing Director of the Deutsche Raiffeisenverband eV (DRV) which represents the interests of cooperative-oriented companies in the German agricultural and food industry. As an important link in the food value chain, the 1,729 DRV member companies in the production, trade and processing of plant and animal products achieve a turnover of 68.0 billion euros with around 92,000 employees. Farmers, gardeners and winegrowers are the members and thus owners of the cooperatives.

Farm/Cooperative description

Deutscher Raiffeisenverband (DRV) represents the interests of cooperative-oriented companies in the German agricultural and food industry. As an important link in the food value chain, the 1,729 DRV member companies in the production, trade and processing of plant and animal products achieve a turnover of 68.0 billion euros with around 92,000 employees. Farmers, gardeners and winegrowers are the members and thus owners of the cooperatives.

Career Timeline


  • 3rd Vice President of Cogeca

    2019 - present

  • Managing Director (deputy of the Director General) of DRV in Berlin/Brussels

    2016 - present

  • Director of Brussels Office of DRV in Belgium

    1991 - 1997

  • Policy adviser in the dairy unit of DRV in Bonn, Germany 

    1991 - 1997

Other professional responsibilities


  • Research assistant at the Institute for Animal Breeding at the University of Bonn, Germany

    1987-1991

Education

- Agricultural Science at the University of Bonn, Germany; degree with diploma (1987); completion of the dissertation (Dr.sc.agr.) (1991)

Awards and Recognitions