Huub Lelieveld was President of the European Federation of Food Science and Technology for four years, and was President of the European Hygienic Engineering and Design Group (EHEDG)for over 12 years. He has also been Chair and Co-founder of the Nonthermal Processing Division and Chair of the International Division of the Institute of Food Technologists, of which he is a Fellow. Until his retirement he was with Unilever, responsible for novel food preservation techniques and hygienic processing and plant design.