Who are we

Its core membership includes EU member states, the European Economic Area (including the UK), and neighbouring European countries, such as Ukraine. Through its current constituency, AIBI brings together approximately 500 bakeries. These bakeries range in size from 15 to several thousand employees. These bakeries may operate at the local, regional, European, or international levels.

AIBI’s scope covers all bakery activities, including the production of leavened and flat bread, Viennoiserie, cakes, and pastries at all processing stages, including finished and fresh products, as well as all forms of bake-off and frozen products.

AIBI’s purpose is to act as an interface between the industrial bakery sector and institutional and non-institutional stakeholders on all matters affecting the industry and bread’s place in society.

The AIBI office is located in the Maison des Brasseurs, one of the listed guild houses on Brussels’ Grand Place. Our location reflects the historical proximity of bakers and brewers, both of which depend on yeast fermentation. Bakers were one of the first guilds in Brussels.

AIBI is an AISBL (Association Internationale Sans But Lucratif), incorporated under Belgian law, with registration number RPM 0844 968 285. It has a mixed VAT status under registration number BE 0844 968 285. AIBI’s official registration documents and information are available from the Belgian Register of Companies and Associations: Banque Carrefour des Entreprises.

AIBI is also registered in the EU transparency Register under n° 558 35028 654-55

• Jean Manuel Lévêque, France / Novepan
• Andrew Pyne, United Kingdom / FOB
• Kari Meltovaara, Finland / Leipomo Rosten Oy
• Adele Scicchitano, Italy / UIF
• Willem Kannegieter, Netherlands / NVB
• Guido Vanherpe, Belgium / La Loraine Bakery Group
• Silvia Martin, Spain / ASEMAC
• Stefan Huemer, Austria / Fischer Brot GmbH
• Gitte Hesthave, Denmark / DBCI
• Jana Rasmus, Slovenia / CCIS-CAFE
• Tobias Schuhmacher, Germany / VDG
• Viktor Guman, Slovakia / Vamex
• Jacek Gorecki, Poland / Lantmannen
• Yurii Duchenko, Ukraine / KHLEB
• Bendan Smartt, Ireland / Johnston Mooney & O’Brien

Chair

• Alexander Meyer-Kretschmer, Germany / VDG

The CEO Sounding Board is an advisory group that supports the AIBI Board’s strategies. Its members are top managers from leading European bakeries, including: LLBG, Vandemoortele, Délifrance, Mademoiselle Desserts, Novepan, Neuhauser, Country Style, Aryzta, Harry Brot, Ditsch, European Bakery Group, Pandriks, Lantmännen Unibake.