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 is chaired by the Chief Executive Officer. The overall organization structure of Bekaert represents a balanced responsibility allocation for regions, business platforms and global support functions.
The business platforms develop our business from an overall perspective across the regions and focus on strategy development and deployment with respect to customer, market and business development. Bekaert’s business activities have been clustered in two global business platforms: rubber reinforcement and industrial & specialty products.
The regional management teams focus primarily on operational efficiencies and synergies and on leading the operations in line with the set strategies. Their management scope covers the respective regional responsibilities in EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Global support functions manage functional excellence and compliance in support of the platforms and regions and include include technology & engineering, marketing, excellence, HR, finance, IT, purchasing, and other services on a global level.
Matthew Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
Beatríz García-Cos Muntañola
Chief Financial Officer
Lieven Larmuseau
Executive Vice President Rubber Reinforcement Platform
Rajita D’Souza
Chief Human Resources Officer
Curd Vandekerckhove
Executive Vice President North Asia and Global Operations
Geert Van Haver
Chief Technology & Engineering Officer
Stijn Vanneste
Executive Vice President Europe, South Asia and South East Asia
Piet Van Riet
Executive Vice President Industrial and Specialty Products Platform,
Marketing, Customer Excellence and Group Business Development
Frank Vromant
Executive Vice President Americas
Senior Vice Presidents
Axel Ampolini
Senior Vice President Industrial Steel Wire Global
Marco Cipparrone
Senior Vice President Rubber Reinforcement Europe
Bruno Cluydts
Chief Operations Officer BBRG
Philip Eyskens
Senior Vice President Legal, IT and Mergers & Acquisitions
Oliver Forberich
Senior Vice President Stainless Technologies Global
Ton Geurts
Chief Purchasing Officer and Senior Vice President Supply Chain Excellence
Bruno Humblet
Chief Executive Officer BBRG
Jun Liao
Senior Vice President Rubber Reinforcement North Asia
Patrick Louwagie
Senior Vice President Brazil
Dirk Moyson
Senior Vice President Manufacturing Excellence
Alejandro Sananez
Senior Vice President Latin America
Luc Vankemmelbeke
Senior Vice President Industrial Products & Specialty Steel Wire Europe
Geert Voet
Chief Strategy Officer BBRG & EVP Southern Hemisphere BBRG
Zhigao Yu
Senior Vice President Technology & Engineering China