Nomad Foods has hired Nutreco general counsel Anja Van Bergen as its new legal chief – a year after the company bought Birds Eye maker Iglo for €2.6bn.
Van Bergen has relocated from Amsterdam to London to take on the position, having led the legal team of animal nutrition and fish feed company Nutreco for nearly six years.
She was also the legal chief of design and consultancy business Arcadis, also based in the Netherlands, as well as director of legal and risk at ABN AMRO between 1989 and 1996.
Van Bergen was placed in her new role by Eximius Group head of commerce Raj Mehta after a three-month search.
Nomad had been looking to recruit a legal head with experience of working in the European market, with Van Bergen heavily involved in Nutreco’s delisting from the Amsterdam Stock Exchange last year and incorporation as a private company.
In her new role, she will help Nomad build up its legal function, over a year after it bought frozen food maker Iglo from Permira for €2.6bn (£1.87bn), as well as FIndus’ European businesses. The Iglo transaction saw Greenberg Traurig advise Nomad on the purchase, while Permira turned to Clifford Chance and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.
Since moving to Nomad, Van Bergen has been replaced at Dutch-based Nutreco by senior legal counsel Koen Laagland who has been promoted.