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Thomas Hildenbrand trained as an agronomist and was awarded a master’s degree as an agricultural technician (horticulture option). He began his professional career in Switzerland in 1983, before relocating to Ivory Coast in 1984 to work for the SIPEF group at Plantations J. Eglin SA as production manager and subsequently general manager. Between 1990 and 1994, he founded and developed Société Bananière de Motobé, which is now part of Plantations J. Eglin SA, where he is currently a director. In 1994 he transferred to SIPEF Head Office in Belgium, where he worked as a management representative. He is currently fruit department manager and a member of the executive committee.