Matilda Freund, Ph.D. is Treasurer and Board Member for the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG); Board Member and Ambassador Director for the Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI); and President of Freund Consulting Company. She also co-leads an EHEDG Working Group focused on the hygienic design of chocolate manufacturing equipment. She retired as Global Vice President of Food Safety at Mondelez International after nearly 33 years in the food industry. Her previous positions also included Chief Food Safety Officer at Kraft Foods, which was global in scope and included a broad product portfolio encompassing meat, cheese, bakery, and confections. She also held the position of European/Global Consumer Quality Lead at Mondelez International.
To fulfill their governance responsibilities, boards require regular, high-quality reporting that translates technical food safety issues into business risk terms
Food safety, once considered the responsibility of technical and production functions, should be recognized as a company-wide, end-to-end business imperative. At the same time, food safety risk management is becoming increasingly complex and represents a growing threat to food companies, andshould be regularly addressed by the Board of Directors.
