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Management

Bekaert Group Executive

The operational responsibility for the company’s activities is assigned to the Bekaert Group Executive which is supervised by the Board of Directors. The Bekaert Group Executive has five members and is chaired by the Chief Executive Officer. 

Bekaert group executive

•   Bert De Graeve 
    Chief Executive Officer
•   Bruno Humblet 
    Chief Financial Officer 
    Group Executive Vice President Specialized Films
•   Dominique Neerinck 
    Chief Technology Officer 
    Group Executive Vice President Industrial Coatings
•   Geert Roelens 
    Group Executive Vice President Steelcord
•   Henri-Jean Velge 
    Group Executive Vice President Wire

Directors

•   Jacques Anckaert 
    Investor Relations Officer
•   Philippe Armengaud 
    Chief Purchasing Officer
•   Danny Chambaere 
    General Manager Building Products
•   Bruno Cluydts 
    General Manager Bekaert Stainless Technologies
•   Patrick De Keyzer 
    General Manager Steelcord Technology & Operations Europe/Turkey
•   Marc de Sauvage 
    General Manager Bekaert Engineering
•   Mark Goyens 
    President Bekaert Asia
•   Lieven Larmuseau 
    General Manager Marketing & Sales Steel Cord products
•   Carlos Loncke 
    Business Controller Wire products
•   Rick McWhirt 
    Operations Manager Steelcord Products North & South America
•   Alejandro Sananez 
    General Manager Andina Region
•   Frans Van Giel 
    General Manager Group Business Development
•   Geert Van Haver 
    General Manager Wire Europe
•   Herman Vandaele 
    General Manager Corporate Projects
•   Curd Vandekerckhove 
    General Manager Sawing Wire
•   Geert Voet 
    General Manager Wire Americas
•   Frank Vromant 
    Business Controller Steelcord products
•   Bart Wille 
    Chief HR Officer

Auditors

• Deloitte

Company Secretary

• Pierre Schaubroeck

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Utilities

Situation

Growing demand for transmission capacity, requiring resistance to increasing operating temperatures.

Solution

A steel core based conductor concept based on Bekaert wires with increased strength and an alternative coating

Result

Increased power grid capacity within the existing high voltage power lines network.