Studied Business Economics, University of Groningen, Netherlands; Postgraduate degree in Chartered Controlling, Maastricht University, Netherlands). 1990, joined DSM in Finance in DSM Fine Chemicals; held several positions in Finance; moved to the area of sales management and took on increasingly bigger roles, including that of Global Business Manager Sizing & Binders based in Italy; 2002, Business Director, Composite Resins Europe, based in Switzerland; built career further in the DSM Resins & Functional Materials business group; 2005-07, Director, Coating Resins Business Unit; 2007-10, Director, NeoResins Business Unit; 2010, Director, DSM Resins Business Group; September 2013, Member of the Managing Board; responsible for DSM’s Materials cluster, consisting of DSM Engineering Plastics, DSM Dyneema and DSM Resins & Functional Materials; also oversees DSM’s business in the Netherlands and Asia and is responsible for Group Sourcing.
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