David Saornil

David Saornil is a veterinarian specializing in Animal Production and Economy together with Medicine and Health.  He graduated from the University of Leon, in Spain. Most of his career has been developed in a Spanish company involved in the research and development of base mixes for piglet nutrition, where he has been working for more than 12 years. He started as a Technician, in charge of the implementation of the HACCP system, business access, and formulation of feeds. Later on, apart from the above, he started also to support the International Sales Team.

In 2008, David was appointed as Technical Manager, adding the design, management, and study of the internal trials of products in different swine farms, both owned by the company and under contract. Since 2011 he was also in charge of Business Development in Latin America, especially with the setting up of local branches in some of the countries of the region. Since 2013 David managed both the Export and Technical Departments of the company, setting up the strategies, building and training the team, and supervising the different jobs. Most of his professional career has been developed in an international environment, traveling frequently to Southeast Asia, East Europe, and Latin America.  This fact has given David a global vision of swine production and also the local applications.

In 2015 David joined Lallemand Animal Nutrition and is responsible for the applications in swine of the specific probiotic solutions and yeast derivatives that the company develops.