Feike Sijbesma
Honorary Chairman, DSM
Serving as CEO & Chairman from 2007 until 2020, Mr. Feike Sijbesma has transformed DSM and its portfolio through various divestments and acquisitions.
Under his leadership, DSM repositioned itself from a chemical company into a Life Sciences & Materials Sciences company, focusing on health, nutrition & materials, expressed in a new brand of which "Bright Science.
Brighter Living" forms the core. Feike sees sustainability as both a responsibility and a business driver and has given purpose to the company by DSM's involvement in amongst other things, malnutrition and climate change.
He also considers it important for business to have more women in the top and sees diversity as increasingly important for DSM as an innovative company. He is committed to develop science as a bases for innovation in order to create brighter lives for people today and generations to come.
