IDF President Richard Doyle announced that the current Director General Christian Robert will be stepping down end of April 2012.
"The IDF Board of Directors wishes to thank Mr. Christian Robert for over six years of services to the worldwide dairy industry, and for his significant contribution to the development of IDF during that period" said Richard Doyle.
Since 2005, Christian Robert has been successfully directing IDF Head Office and staff to manage the work of the 1,200 volunteer-experts, ensured the scientific knowledge on dairy issues was transferred to appropriate inter-governmental organizations, enhanced the cooperation between IDF and other NGOs and significantly increased the membership of IDF which currently represents over 86% of the global dairy industry. "The collaboration with Mr Robert has been extended until end of April 2012. The Board of IDF will continue to offer its full support to Mr. Robert until the end of his mandate, and appreciates the commitment of Mr. Robert to assist in and facilitate a transition in the spring of 2012." continued Mr. Doyle.
The Board of Directors of IDF will be looking for a replacement within the next few months. "Ideally, we would like the transition to be smooth and provide sufficient overlap to allow proper integration of the new Director General, in order to facilitate the transfer, minimize disruption to the IDF work plan and build on the organization's strengths," said Mr. Doyle. Christian Robert will remain available to assist IDF until the new Director General is recruited. fil-idf.org