Meatable Adds Two Meat Industry Veterans to Leadership Team

March 14, 2025

Continuing to focus on collaborating with, not competing against, the traditional meat industry, the Dutch cultivated meat company has hired a director of Commerce and head of Asia — both of whom bring a meat industry background to their roles.

Andy Hanacek

Maiko van der Meer, director of Commerce, Meatable

Dutch cultivated meat company Meatable has added two new leaders to its international team, aiming to bolster its position and strategy to ally with the global meat industry and push collaboration with traditional meat producers to feed the world’s growing population. Both hires bring past experience in the meat industry to their new roles.

Maiko van der Meer has been named director of Commerce for the company, effective March 1, 2025. He has extensive experience in meat, fish, poultry and plant-based, having previously worked for Tyson Foods, Vion Food Group, MOWI and 2 Sisters Food Group.

In addition, Meatable has appointed Eugene Leong to be the new head of Asia for the company, a role in which he will help expand the company’s footprint in the fast-growing Asian market. Leong most recently worked for McCormick and Cargill, and has more than 25 years of experience in flavors and food ingredients. He will be based in Singapore and will officially join the Meatable team effective May 5, 2025.

About the Author

Andy Hanacek | Senior Editor

Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.