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Board members and key roles |
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 | Dr. Josef Ertl (ECVM 2010) |  | Joachim Eckstein - Vice-chairman (EuPC) He started his professional career with Hoechst AG in Holland in 1960. In 1963 he began to work at Hoechst AG in Wiesbaden. From 1986 to 1987 he was in charge of the Business Unit ‘Pigments for paints' in the Hoechst AG Division "Pigments". In 1988 he returned to the Division Films in Wiesbaden where he was appointed head of Marketing and Sales for Rigid Films. In 1991 he took over the general management of the Business Unit for Rigid Films.In 1996 he became Director for Ecology and Product Safety in the business area of all plastics and films within the Hoechst AG. Since the beginning of 1998 he continued the same assignment within Infraserv Höchst KG. |  |
David Clark - Board Member (EuPC - Flexible PVC sector) |  | Alexandre Dangis - Board Member (EuPC)
Alexandre Dangis holds a master degree in Business from the University of Brussels as well as a masters in international and European law. He started his professional career in the plastics industry in 1988 by working for a Swiss machinery manufacturer MAG Plastics selling injection moulding and blowmoulding machines. A few years later he was requested to set up the merger between Eutraplast and AEC 2 European trade associations based in Brussels and representing the plastics processing industry. Since 1998 he has held the position of Managing Director of EuPC. |  |
Brigitte Dero - Board member (ESPA)
She obtained her PhD in Molecular Biology in 1988 by working on a special programme of the World Health Organisation on parasitic diseases. She then focused on metals by specialising in toxicology at the Atomic Energy Commissariat in France and in ecotoxicology in The Netherlands. She subsequently began working for the Belgian cadmium-producing industry, and she joined EUROMETAUX, the European Association which represents the non-ferrous metals industry vis-à-vis the European Institutions. After nine years of experience representing the metals industry, in 1999 she joined Cefic, where she is now the Director of the Plastic Additives Platform and ESPA's secretary general. |  | Rainer Grasmuck- Treasurer
|  | Andreas Hartleif - Board Member (EuPC - Rigid PVC sector) | 
| Michael Kundel - Board Member (EuPC - Flexible PVC sector) |  | Ashley Reed (ECVM 2010) |  | Hans Telgen - Board Member (EuPC - Rigid PVC sector)
Hans Telgen (56), is a chemistry graduate who has held various management positions in Production, Commercial and General Management. During his whole career he worked for multinationals like ICI, Cytec Industries and Honeywell. Presently he is General Manager of the Plastic Pipe Systems Business Unit of Tessenderlo Group. From 2002 onwards already Hans Telgen is involved in recycling of plastics through his involvement in De Hoeve, a Joint Venture with Wavin and his Presidency of Recovinyl, the organisation Vinyl2010 erected in order to achieve the target of recycling 200.000 tons of PVC waste in 2010.
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Arjen Sevenster - Controller
Arjen Sevenster is graduated as chemical engineer and holds a PhD in physical chemistry. He is French and worked previously for Shell Chemicals as Technology Manager, Vinyls. He was responsible for PVC and VCM R&D and technical services in Rovin from 1996 until the sale of Rovin assets end 1999.
During his career, Arjen Sevenster has worked in a wide variety of technical and managerial roles with Shell Chemicals, dealing with various petrochemicals. His involvement in PVC started in 1980 during the start-up of the Berre plant. |  | Geoffroy Tillieux - Controller |
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