October 1/Wormerveer, The Netherlands/Press Release -- Lipid Nutrition hired Maggie Karges to its account service team. Focusing on the functional food and supplement market, Karges’ primary responsibility will be activities designed to enhance the level of customer service satisfaction focusing on the ability for Lipid Nutrition to exceed customer expectations further.

“Maggie is an experienced and take charge person who really knows and understands the importance of account service to both the functional food and dietary supplement industry,” said Casper Ravesteijn, global sales director for Lipid Nutrition. “In internal analysis and reports, Lipid Nutrition surpasses our competitors on key customer service performance indicators and we are confident that Maggie will further enhance our account service and support. In addition Maggie has a strong background in nutrition enabling her to be a key information provider to customers this is in addition to scientists in the R&D department of Lipid Nutrition.”

    In addition to joining Lipid Nutrition, Karges has a personal consulting practice for nutrition and health/wellness.

Karges is a registered and licensed dietician. She earned a Bachelors of Science degree from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She also completed her dietetic internship at St. Louis University.

From the October 4, 2010, Prepared Foods E-dition