Fagron NV announced that Jan Peeters has decided to resign and is stepping down as director and CFO of Fagron with immediate effect. The Board of Directors has unanimously decided to appoint Mrs. Karin de Jong, employed by Fagron since May 2008, as CFO. Mrs. De Jong is currently Group Controller and member of the Executive Committee of Fagron.

Jan Peeters will remain available to hand over to his successor and will stay on as an advisor to the company until the end of this year. In addition, the Board of Directors has appointed Mrs. Rita Hoke as member of the Executive Committee and as President of Fagron North America. In this position Mrs. Hoke will directly report to Hans Stols, CEO of Fagron.

As announced on 5 February 2016, Hans Stols temporarily acted as President of Fagron North America after Jacob Jackson left. Mrs. Hoke is a pharmacist and started her career at Baxter Healthcare, where she worked in roles of increasing responsibility across multiple functions. From 2004 until 2011, she was responsible for the hospital division in the United States for Grifols.

Since 2011, she has been active as an advisor for multinationals that are or want to become active in the compounding business in the United States.