Global Foods Holding N.V. is an international processor and distributor of sugar and sugar-containing products to the food industry and an investor in and developer of renewable energy projects. It is a company incorporated and existing under the laws of The Netherlands Antilles, with registered office at Landhuis Joonchi, Kaya Richard J. Beaujon, z/n Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles.
Global Foods specializes in global preferential trade access for sugar, and in the future, ethanol, based on sourcing in select global markets (i.e., the European Union, the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (“ACP”), the Least Developed Countries (“LDC’s”) and the Caribbean Basin Initiative countries (“CBI”). It processes in countries benefiting from preferential access and distributes in markets with regulated prices, such as the EU and the US.
Through its affiliated offices in the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa and Europe, Global Foods is one of the largest importers of refined sugar in the E.U. and has been supplying many of the largest food processing companies during the last ten years. The company has created a warehouse network at eight locations in four countries and a global workforce of several hundred people. Through certifications for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), British Retail Consortium (BRC) and International Food Standard (IFS), Global Foods maintains the strictest European food quality standards in its logistical and production processes.
In the last few years Global Foods has diversified into the development of renewable energy projects, together with experienced partners such as Goldman Sachs, Carlyle/Riverstone , SantelisaVale and Econcern. The first step was to establish a joint venture for the production of bio-ethanol and electricity from sugar cane in Brazil: CNAA. The second step was to become an investment partner in wind energy (Windpark "Vader Piet" Aruba), cellulosic ethanol (Agrivida) and alternative biofuels (jatropha). Global Foods intends to focus more and more on renewable energy and is actively looking at several new alternatives such as Algae and sea water air conditioning.
The company was founded twelve years ago by Rene Kan and Justus Martens, former commodity financiers with Mees Pierson and ING Bank, and Allan Kahane, a Brazilian national with extensive experience as an international private investor and active shareholder in industrial companies in the U.S. and Brazil.
