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Marc-Francois Vilain is People & Performance Director for Manufacturing Digital Transformation at Danone S.A. After a 15 years journey on operational positions from shift leader to Industrial Director, Marc focused on performance improvement levers. This led through equipment, methodologies, organization and people performance, to be a certified coach for teams and individuals, on top ofRead more

Dr. Markus E. Scheller worked for almost 30 years for various companies such as BASF, Ciba-Geigy. After receiving his doctorate in organic chemistry from ETH Zurich (1985), he started as a research chemist at Syntex in Palo Alto, California. In 1987, he joined Ciba-Geigy in process development in Switzerland. In 1991, he was co-leader ofRead more

Over 18 years experience. Worked extensively with upper and middle management of major corporations in Europe, India, Middle East, South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Africa to plan and implement strategies for a superior competitive position. Currently working with a European multinational specialty chemicals company leading the digital transformation journey in Operations.Read more

Thea Precht is a Cambridge graduate with a PhD in Chemistry who joined Röhm in 2019. She works as an Assistant Plant Manager in the MMA Plant in Wesseling.Read more

Senior Manufacturing director Henk Veldink has had a long career in manufacturing and operational excellence in various leadership roles around the world. With companies as Royal Wessanen, GE Plastics, DSM and Hexion Specialty Chemicals he has broad experience in the chemical, food and pharma markets. Currently responsible for the 8 chemical manufacturing plants around theRead more

Work together with the DSM Director Operational Excellence on the development of OE roadmaps and implementation of structural improvements in DSM global operations. With a strong focus on project management of several projects within the digitalization portfolio of DSM Operations. Follow up the results of implementation by regular analysis of the DSM global operations performance.Read more

Dr. Mara Guzzetti worked for 25 years for different companies such as Bayer, Ciba-Geigy, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, BASF, Intertek. She owns a peculiar excursus, after receiving her a PhD in Human Science from the University of Milan, Italy, Mrs Guzzetti gained a long and international track record of experience in business within the chemical industry.Read more

Jasper Rutten is the Advanced Analytics manager within the Global Excellence Team of the Huntsman Polyurethanes business. He holds a master’s in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Twente. In his current role, he is leading the global advanced analytics roadmap for the upstream PU manufacturing sites. This roadmap combines black box data modelingRead more

Dr. Max Suter is the site manager for Pulcra Chemicals GmbH in Geretsried. In this role he is constantly looking to increase competitiveness by establishing an Operational Excellence culture at the site. Prior this role he gain hands on experience in a design for six sigma investment project for Rockwood Lithium (former Chemetall) and implementedRead more

Working for ARLANXEO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, a leading producer of energy (oil&gas) and chemicals. Power of trust relationship builder who recognize the vast interconnectivity across global and digital supply chains (S4/HANA with new embedded TM – LBN, cloud architecture as digital core). Key Skills & Experience SAP S4/HANA, GTS, emb TM, LBN,Read more