Meet Christoph Büren VIVESCIA Group posted record levels What stands out to you about this of EBITDA in 2023-2024. What’s your transformation? perspective on this? C.B. First, I would highlight the CHRISTOPH BÜREN It’s true that determination and energy of our employees and their managers. Since these results are unprecedented. This is very much a shared success, built 2020, they’ve faced tremendous on the contributions of everyone who challenges—from the pandemic to the war works within the Group. The Board of in Ukraine and inflation—and they’ve risen to the occasion. Next, the patient and Administrators, which I have the honour of chairing, is extremely satisfied with rigorous execution of our manufacturing, these results, because we’re conscious commercial and operational plans, of how far we’ve come, and the obstacles combined with continued innovation, has delivered impressive results across all we’ve had to overcome to get here. Every single employee at our plants and our processing businesses. Malteurop’s silos – from Reims and Ivry-sur-Seine in EBITDA has risen by more than 30% France to Meoqui in Mexico – has played in the past two years, bringing it in line a role in this success story. Of course, with the best performers in its industry. the contributions of manufacturing Meanwhile, Délifrance has grown its sales and production operations were key, as and doubled its EBITDA compared to last expected. These strong results are all the year, giving itself the assets it needs to more remarkable given the unstable and thrive in a buoyant frozen bakery sector. turbulent economic climate we’ve been operating in, with consumption slumping As for our agricultural activities, being worldwide. Against this backdrop, I see a cooperative means that performance these achievements as proof that the is measured in terms of our ability to transformation we’ve been undergoing enhance the competitiveness of our for the past four years is paying off, thanks member-farmers’ operations. The to a tremendous team effort. economic dynamics are different from those of our food processing businesses. A new chapter began with the deployment of the Ma Coop 2025 strategic plan. Today, our Cooperative has improved its logistics systems, gained market share in grain collection, advanced its digitalization through e-commerce and mobile apps, strengthened its value chains, and it continues to innovate… ... CONSOLIDATED REPORT 2023-2024 13