Tobias van der Velden

Tobias joined Control Union in March 2021 as an Organic Auditor for both producer and processing companies. Before joining CU, Tobias worked as a manager in the mixed agricultural industry, handling internal audit procedures particularly around the farming standards such as Red Tractor, Organics and GGAP. After moving to Control Union Tobias specialised in other commodity sectors particularly around Chain of Custody audits such as Regenagri, Plastic Free, GGAP, FSA, Wildfarmed, FSI, Biofuels and ISO22716. Combined he has completed over 250 audits.

He has experience in the development of sustainable audit schemes, and he is currently undergoing a soil science study while successfully managing the agri-department. He is a certifier for a regenerative agricultural scheme and Tobias is a ISO19011 and 9001 qualified lead auditor.