Studies in Medical Biology, University of Utrecht; studies in Business Admin., Erasmus University. 1987-98, with Gist-Brocades, including: Divisional Director, Marketing and Sales; Member, Executive Committee. With DSM: 1998-99, Business Group Director, Food Specialities; 2000, Member, Managing Board of Directors; since 2007, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board. Member of the Supervisory Board: De Nederlandsche Bank (Dutch Central Bank); (Non-Executive Director) Unilever N.V.; Member, CEO Council, Chinese Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries; Climate Leader Worldbank Group and Chair of the High Level Leadership Forum on Competitiveness and Carbon Pricing, convened by the Worldbank Group.
In the past 50-100 years, we have created immense prosperity. In 2019, global GDP is expected to reach almost US$ 90,000 billion, compared to just over US$ 1,000 billion at the start of t...
全球领袖本周参加了在纽约举行的联合国大会，气候变化是此次大会的核心话题。没错：行动窗口正在关闭。2015年巴黎协定是全球签署的最雄心勃勃的政策框架，但如果没有集体行动，一切都将是空谈。
As world leaders gather in New York City this week for the UN General Assembly, climate change is front and centre. And rightly so: the window for action is closing.The 2015 Paris Agreeme...
Climate change is visibly disrupting business. It is driving unprecedented physical impacts, such as the increased frequency of extreme weather events affecting business infrastructure; i...
There are many hopeful signs that the world is getting serious about climate change. The One Planet Summit in Paris in December confirmed unprecedented government and private sector suppo...
Les ouragans qui ont frappé les Caraïbes, le Texas et la Floride cette année ont submergé les routes, inondé les maisons, détruit des entreprises et fait de nombreux morts. Les eaux se so...
BONN – The hurricanes that pummeled the Caribbean, Texas, and Florida this year left highways submerged, homes and businesses demolished, and lives lost. The floodwaters have since recede...
When looking at the major challenges facing the world, one thing is clear: science can and is changing the world for the better. From addressing climate change to eliminating hunger and m...
