Organto Foods Inc. announced that Mr. Arnoud Maas, Chief Executive Officer of Organto Foods Inc. has advised that he will not renew his Management Services Agreement and thus will be leaving Organto as both CEO and Director. Steve Bromley, Chair of the Board of Directors has assumed the role of Interim CEO, Organto Foods Inc., effective immediately, and will continue in that role pending the addition of a seasoned executive to lead the organization. Mr. Bromley brings over thirty years of diverse foods experience in both private and public companies.

With the departure of Mr. Maas, Organto announced the appointment of Mr. Rients van der Wal to the position of Chief Executive Officer, Organto Europe BV, effective immediately. Mr. van der Wal brings extensive fresh fruits and vegetables experience to Organto, having strong industry contacts at both customer and supply chain levels. Mr. van der Wal will be based in the Netherlands and will lead Organto's vertically integrated value-added branded fresh vegetables business which operates from Amsterdam.

He will report to Steve Bromley.