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Left to right: Pascal Reymondet, An Steegen, Denis Goffaux, Marc Grynberg, Géraldine Nolens, Stephan Csoma, Filip Platteeuw.

Marc Grynberg

Chief executive officer

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Education

Commercial Engineering - Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management, Belgium

Experience

Marc Grynberg was appointed Chief Executive Officer in November 2008 after heading the Automotive Catalysts business unit from 2006 to 2008, and serving as CFO of Umicore from 2000 until 2006.

He joined Umicore in 1996 as Group Controller. Prior to joining Umicore, Marc worked for DuPont de Nemours in Brussels and Geneva.

Filip Platteeuw

Chief Financial Officer 

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Education
Applied Economics - Ghent University, Belgium 
Financial Management - Vlerick Management School, Belgium 

Experience

Filip Platteeuw was appointed Chief Financial Officer in November 2012, after serving as VP of Corporate Development from 2010 to 2012.

He joined Umicore in 2004 and was instrumental in the Cumerio spin-off in 2005, and then led the project team for the creation of Nyrstar and its successful IPO in 2007. Filip has extensive experience in investment banking, corporate banking and equity research with KBC Bank. 

An Steegen

Chief Technology Officer 

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Education

PhD in Material Science and Electrical Engineering - KU Leuven, Belgium.

Experience

An Steegen joined Umicore and was appointed Chief Technology Officer in October 2018, after serving as Executive Vice President Semiconductor Technology and System R&D at imec, a leading research center with a focus on nanoelectronics and digital technology innovation.

Prior to joining imec in 2010, An worked at IBM’s Semiconductor Research & Development center in Fishkill, NY and in the last several years of service at IBM, was in charge of the bulk CMOS technology development.

GĂ©raldine Nolens

Executive Vice-president, Chief Counsel 

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Education

Master of Laws - University of Chicago Law School, USA

European Economic Law - Julius Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Germany

Law - KU Leuven, Belgium

Experience

Géraldine Nolens was appointed Chief Counsel for the Group in 2009 and joined the Executive Committee in 2015.

She started her career at the international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton before joining GDF Suez (now Engie) in 2001, where she was Electrabel’s Chief Legal Officer for Southern Europe, France and new European markets. Géraldine’s career includes periods working and living in the US, Germany, Italy and Belgium.

Denis Goffaux

Executive Vice-president Energy & Surface Technologies 

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Education

Mining Engineering - Université de Liège, Belgium

Experience

Denis was appointed Executive VicePresident Energy & Surface Technologies in 2018, after serving as Chief Technology Officer from 2010 to September 2018 and EVP for Precious Metals Refining from 2015 to 2018.

Prior to that, he occupied successive business line and country management functions in China and Japan. Denis began his career at Umicore with Research & Development in Olen, before moving to what was then our Cobalt & Energy Products Business Unit.

Stephen Csoma

Executive Vice-president Recycling 

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Education

Economics - UC Louvain, Belgium

Mandarin - Fudan University Shanghai, China

Experience

Stephan Csoma was appointed Executive Vice-President Recycling in 2015, after serving as EVP of the former Performance Materials from 2012 to 2015, SVP Government Affairs from 2009 to 2012, and SVP South America from 2005 to 2009.

Stephan joined Umicore in 1992 and set up Umicore’s first industrial operations in China in the mid-1990s and went on to lead the Zinc Chemicals business unit.

Pascal Reymondet

Executive Vice-president Catalysis 

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Education

Master of Science - Stanford University, USA

Engineering - École Centrale Paris, France 

Experience

Pascal Reymondet was appointed Executive Vice-President Catalysis in November 2012, after serving as EVP of Performance Materials from 2010 to 2012 and EVP of Zinc Specialties from 2007 to 2010.

He joined the Umicore Executive Committee in 2003 to oversee the Precious Metals Products group. Prior to joining Umicore, Pascal held management positions within the Degussa group.

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