industrial experience in the food industry, including Mondelez/Kraft, Hoechst, Campbell Soup Company, Danone
functional Leadership in Quality & Food Safety and Research & Development, defining and implementing Vision, Mission, Strategy, Functional Business Plans
developing high performing teams in Quality & Food Safety and Research & Development
crisis management experience, setting up the crisis management organisations, defining crisis management principles and ways of working, and managing crises in the food industry, e.g. BSE as well as contamination by microorganisms, allergens, chemicals and foreign materials
membership of GFSI Technical Working groups, including TWG Guidance Document, Global Markets Manufacturing and Food Safety Culture
driving the implementation of a Quality Culture as enabler of sustainable business success
serving as VP Quality & Food Safety in Danone, giving a purpose to the function, advancing it to the next level of performance and effectively working in a constraint environment by utilising both internal and external resources
General manager of Central Laboratories Friedrichsdorf (CLF)
CEO
Christian Mahr graduated as a food chemist and subsequently received a Ph.D. from Technical University of Munich in Food Chemistry. He looks back to a career of more than 25 years in international companies like Kraft Jacobs Suchard, Hoechst, Campbell Soup Company and Danone, where he held positions with increasing responsibility in Research & Development and Quality & Food Safety. Prior to founding Qadcon he served as VP Quality & Food Safety in Danone.
With his passion for Quality & Food Safety he has been very active in the Global Food Safety Initiative, as a member of several of their Technical Working Groups (Guidance Document, Global Markets Manufacturing, Food Safety Culture) as well as giving presentations at their Global Food Safety Conference. He brings outstanding knowledge combined with leadership and people skills.
Specialists
We are working together with specialists in various areas like Quality Systems, Supplier Quality Management and Audit as well as crisis management. We are all committed to supporting companies to advance in Quality & Food Safety and crisis management, developing customized solutions through our outstanding expertise, know-how and service.