Feike Sijbesma
CEO Royal DSM N.V.
Keynote: Making the World Future Proof with Biotechnology
Member of the Royal DSM Board since July 2000, and Chairman since May 2007.
Feike Sijbesma (Dutch) studied medical biology at the
University of Utrecht and business administration at Erasmus
University in Rotterdam.
In 1987, he joined the Industrial Pharmaceuticals division of
Gist-brocades, where he was
responsible for strategic planning and business development.
From 1990 to 1993, he was the
division’s Marketing and Sales Director. Thereafter he was given
leadership of Savoury Ingredients, later on a business unit of
Gist-brocades’ Food Specialties Division. In 1995, he was made
director of that division and joined the Gist-brocades’
Executive Committee.
Following the acquisition by Royal DSM N.V. in 1998 he became
Director of the business group DSM Food Specialties.
In 2000, Feike joined DSM’s Managing Board of Directors. He
became CEO and Chairman of
the Managing Board of Royal DSM N.V. on 1 May, 2007.
Supervisory directorships and other positions held:
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board member of CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council)
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member of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch Genomics Initiative
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member of the Advisory Board of RSM Erasmus University
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member of the Advisory Board of ECP-EPN (E-commerce Platform)
