Team EEPA

Clara Hagen, Secretary General

Clara Hagen has been involved with the poultry and egg industry for many years, both nationally in Holland as well as on a European level, which has provided her with and extensive knowledge and expertise. In 2014 she strengthened the EEPA team becoming the new Secretary General after Filiep Van Bosstraeten's passing. As of 2019, when the EUWEP secretariat moved from the UK to Holland, she became the Secretary General of EUWEP; a duty which she has been fulfilling with the utmost dedication and commitment.

Team EEPA

Ruggero Moretti, President

Ruggero Moretti was unanimously elected President of EEPA in 2019. Mr Moretti is CEO of the company Cascina Italia located in Bergamo, Italy. Cascina Italia is part of Gruppo Moretti, a family owned business founded in 1923 and of which Mr Moretti is one of the owners.

Gruppo Moretti's primary production is wheat and corn flour but in 1994 Cascina Italia was founded. Over the years the company has grown to become one of the main producers of egg products in Italy. The passion for the industry and the desire to always improve in order to obtain the highest quality possible are characteristics that are to be found in Cascina Italia but even more so in its CEO: Ruggero Moretti.

Maria Gummerus, Coordinator

Maria Gummerus has been involved with EEPA since 1996. She started working for Filiep Van Bosstraeten Sr who was EEPA's Secretary General at the time as well as the co-founder of EEPA. Through him, EEPA found its permanent secretariat in Bruges, Belgium. For many years Ms Gummerus was closely assisting Mr Van Bosstraeten with all the day to day duties related to EEPA and has continued to do so after his passing in 2013.