Developing Atul products in the global market. This with an emphasis on chemicals used in the tire industry.

Project to develop a market for specialty chemicals

History2008-2013: 5 years VP Global Sales for INDSPEC Chemical Corporation, Pittsburgh, USA (office in Rotterdam, The Netherlands).1997-2013: 16 year Director INDSPEC Chemical B.V., Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Managing the Dutch office. Staff 5 people. Reporting to the President of INDSPEC.1997-2008: 11 years Manager Europe for INDSPEC Chemical B.V, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Responsible for sales in EMEA. Manage 4 administrative staff and one Sales Manager. Reporting to the President of INDSPEC1987-1997: 10 years Occidental Chemical Corporation (Oxy), Brussels, Belgium. Holding different positions, from Technical Sales Europe to different Sales positions with various country responsibility over Benelux, Italy, Switzerland, former East European countries. Product range form commodity chemicals, plastics to specialty chemicals. Reporting to the International Sales Division Director of Oxy in Dallas, TX.1983-1987: 4 years Project Engineer for Recticel, Belgium. Reporting to the Director of Recticel Insulation Contracting. Managing production of insulation project in Europe.1982-1983: R&D Recticel, Belgium. Reporting to the Lab Manager. Working on new product development & production support.Education1977-1981: Chemical Engineer: Industriële Hogeschool van het Rijk CTL, Ghent, Belgium.1973-1977: Degree in Electronics Sint Barbara, Belgium.1996: Postgraduate in Business Administration, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.Training:SPIN Effective selling; Huthwaite, UKHow to develop a Marketing Plan, Frost & Sullivan, London.Assertiveness training, Frost & Sullivan, London.Time Management, Time Manager International, Brussels.LanguagesDutchEnglishFrenchGerman

VP Global Sales for US based chemical multinational, INDSPEC Chemical Corporation, part of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Reporting to the President of INDSPEC Chemical Corporation.Responsible for meeting worldwide sales targets, pricing and introducing new products in the market. Managing a worldwide team of regional managers, sales agents & distributors. Main markets are intermediate chemicals to tire-, adhesive-, flame-retardant- and cosmetic- industry.