Diamond V’s Brazil team recently welcomed Paulo Raffi, DVM, who has joined the company as Poultry Technical Specialist.
“We are honored that Paulo has joined the Diamond V team,” says Francisco Portela, Poultry Business Development Manager for Diamond V. “In his new role, he will provide technical support not only in production, but also focusing on food safety assessment and mitigation for the poultry production chain in Brazil.”
Raffi earned his BS in Business Administration from the State University of West Paraná and earned his veterinary degree from the Federal University of Pelotas. He brings more than 25 years of poultry industry experience in Brazil and internationally in Latin America, the USA, and Europe. During this period, he held various roles for companies including Sadia, Hygen and Cobb-Vantress along with being invited to contribute to major poultry trade and producers associations, the State of Sao Paulo government, and federal government sanitary committees. In 2015 he was nominated by a specialized magazine as one of the top 100 influencers in the Brazilian poultry sector. Prior to joining Diamond V, he worked as a poultry technical consultant for Safeeds.
Headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA, Diamond V is a leading global nutrition and health company, conducting research in many species, and manufacturing natural, fermentation-based, immune support products to improve animal health, animal performance, and food safety worldwide. The company’s Embria Health Sciences subsidiary in Ankeny, Iowa, manufactures EpiCor®, the human nutritional supplement that provides research-proven support for immune function and gastrointestinal health. More than 70 years of science, innovation, technology, and quality have earned Diamond V the reputation of The Trusted Experts in Nutrition and Health®.
