Nicolas Coudry Mesny elected as FEFAC President at the 71st General Assembly in Bucharest
“FEFAC members are fully committed TO delivering practical solutions to THE EU workstream Livestock and EU Protein FEFAC’s 71st General Assembly, held on 19 May 2026 in Bucharest, Romania, elected Mr Nicolas Coudry-Mesny as its new President for the next term 2026 – 2029. Mr Coudry-Mesny, who graduated from ESIAE Business School, holds a Master’s in Food Marketing from Toulouse Business School and serves as procurement manager at MAISADOUR, France. He is the President of EUROFAC, the Association representing the French Compound Feed & Premix Industry at the European level.
Nicolas Coudry-Mesny: “I look forward to representing the interests of the European Compound Feed and Premix Manufacturers in these unprecedented times, characterised by the end of the rules-based global trade order, resulting from geopolitical tensions and raw power politics which deeply impact the resilience and competitiveness of the EU livestock and aquaculture value chain.”
As FEFAC, we welcome and support the EU Commission’s efforts to stabilise its trade relationships, fostering trade diversification, while strengthening the EU’s economic security by addressing strategic dependencies as we face in the proteins and feed additives supply chains. We will proactively contribute to the announced EU protein plan, seeking to increase the EU’s strategic feed autonomy for protein production.
Our industry has demonstrated its capabilities to deliver practical feed solutions, driving circularity and reducing emissions linked to our EU livestock and aquaculture customers, in the context of the new Workstream on livestock launched by the EU Farm Commissioner Christophe Hansen in May 2025, which will underpin the EU Livestock Strategy meant for publication in the coming months.
As FEFAC President, I will do my utmost to promote the market uptake of innovative, smart feed solutions, integrating them into our best-practice professional recommendations, assisting our customers with the transition towards more resilient production systems, as laid down in our FEFAC key recommendations submitted at the EBAF level and in the EU workstream livestock consultations.
The 71st General Assembly also elected a new FEFAC Board for the 2026 – 2029 term:
Nicolas Coudry-Mesny, EUROFAC, France – President
Zoltan Pulay, HGFA, Hungary – Deputy President
Pedro Cordero, CESFAC, Spain, Vice-President
Bernd Schmitz, DVT, Germany, Vice-President
Claus Saabye Erichsen, DAKOFO, Denmark, Vice-President & Treasurer
Dirk van Thielen, BFA, Belgium
Iani Chihaia, ANFNC, Romania
José Romão Braz, IACA, Portugal
Marcello Veronesi, ASSALZOO, Italy
Marek Kumprecht, SKK, Czech Republic
Ruud Tijssens, NEVEDI, The Netherlands
Sarah Bell, AIC, United Kingdom
Wojciech Zarzycki, IZBA, Poland
Elena Tsvetanova, BFMA, Bulgaria Plan increasing Resilience and competitiveness”