Richard Cooper
Managing Director
management
AB Agri
Canada
Biography
Richard joined as Managing Director in 2004 when AB Vista was a business start-up, with the aim of making the company a top global player in the micro-ingredients industry. Richard is a keen advocate of research into revolutionary feed micro-ingredients and has spent most of his 20 year career pioneering the use of enzymes in animal nutrition. His interest in animal nutrition was sparked by his upbringing on a Lancashire poultry farm. He went on to obtain a BSc in Animal Science at Reading University where he stayed on to achieve a MAgrSc in Tropical Agricultural Development which took him to Costa Rica and Egypt where he managed farms. A keen sportsman, Richard spends much of his spare time out of doors. He is also a qualified athletics coach, chairman of his local athletics club and was the first person to windsurf 2,000 miles around the British Isles coastline.
Research Interest
use of enzymes in animal nutrition
