Creating a Customer-Centric Culture of Quality

Luiz Guedes is the Global Director of Quality Assurance with Chr Hansen. In this role, Luiz leads a team providing all aspects of developing, maintaining, and follow-up on the quality and food safety system enabling Chr Hansen to effectively comply with customer, market, industry, and regulatory requirements, including developing and implementing the Quality and Food safety strategy, up-to-date quality systems enabling the supply chain to operate effectively and efficiently and ensure proper organizational development to maintain an efficient and capable organization supporting the business. Before joining Chr Hansen in 2021, Luiz worked for 15 years for different organizations, including Fonterra, Nestle, and Danone. In his career, Luiz has led teams in procurement, sustainability, and quality in other geographic areas such as LATAM, NA, Africa, and the EU. Luiz is an MS Veterinary and holds a Ph.D. degree in Food Microbiology. He is also a certified Project Manager and Green Belt Lean Six Sigma.