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Pieter van Kesteren, Managing Director, Mr. Van Kesteren comes to Kincannon & Reed from the international vegetable seed sector, where he built an impressive career, beginning as an assistant salesperson in the 1960s and retiring early in 2005 as Chairman of the Board and CEO of Nunhems B.V. in The Netherlands. Mr. van Kesteren has in recent years also served as a member of the Management Committee of Bayer Crop Science BioScience in France. Mr. van Kesteren’s accomplishments include pioneering and developing markets throughout western, northern and eastern Europe, exploring business potential in Asia, and building the North American subsidiary for Nunhems into a market leader in seed technology and the vegetable seed business. In 1998, Mr. van Kesteren assumed the role of Managing Director of Sunseeds, Inc., a major US hybrid vegetable seed company acquired by Nunhems, and in 2002 he assumed the position of Chairman of the Board and CEO of Nunhems B.V., the position he held until his retirement. Mr. van Kesteren will have offices in the Salinas Valley in California and in Enkhuizen, The Netherlands. | 