For 24 years , Maarten de Jager has been a part of , the face of and the heart of Codema . Last week the company celebrated the farewell of its former CEO .
He already took a step back last class and with a signature at the end of August he renounced his ploughshare in the company , but a existent goodby to Maarten de Jager as the aspect of Codema had not yet happened . So late fellow worker and clients gathered to reflect on the person Maarten de Jager in St. John ’s in Roosendaal .
From 14.00 St. John in Roosendaal slowly filled up .
Marja Hulst , Maarten ’s secretary from the very beginning , lend back memories of his famous , roaring jape and his e - mail bomb .
As soon as everyone was present , Maarten was allowed to enter the stage , which then slowly fulfil up with people who reminisced about Maarten ’s clip at Codema . People in attending were move by a melodic ode to the tune of ' Het Dorp ' by Wim Sonneveld . Maarten de Jager , ' a humankind to pick up a lot from ' , was the theme .
clip for a musical ode to the melody of Wim Sonneveld ’s ' Het Dorp ' , " Maarten , a man to learn a lot from . "
The former CEO is n’t planning on baby-sit baseless at home just yet . " For the time being , my wife wo n’t be bothered by me at home " , Maarten joked . He coaches company and enterpriser for NLgroeit , and will also rest active as ambassador for Codema and the greenhouse horticulture sphere in general .
Advisor and protagonist Bertus Bove gave an drift to verbalize about the business side of Maarten .
Of of course the business side of the story was also discourse . consultant and booster Bertus Bove outlined the development of Maarten and the troupe Codema through the eld . " Maarten had the steering wheel steadfastly in his script and was able to retrieve both the accelerator and the pasture brake at the right moment . "
Father and son together on the podium .
Son Gideon has now take in over from his father as commercial director and shareowner . It ’s actually something that Maarten now counsel against : " Your son is still under a magnifying glass , because you do n’t require him to make mistake . When that sometimes happened , it could cost a door venire . "
Father and son in former times .
After Nordian Capital invested in Codema in August , Codema is ready for the time to come . Gideon said he is working with a five - year plan to become the Google of glasshouse horticulture . " extremely challenging and unworkable , but ambitious . In five eld , we want to be active on three continents and several country in each . With our Taiwanese entity that will become a world on January 1 , 2019 , a first step will be taken . "
A check was hand over with the collected gift money : a totality of 8,000 euro for the Ronald McDonald House in The Hague .
And then it was time for drinks , the pic of which can be seenhere .
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