Peter Vanacker

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Peter Vanacker (born 1966) is the president and CEO of the Finnish oil and renewal energy company Neste. [1] [2] [3] He was appointed in February 2018 and started his tenure on 1 November of same year. Previously he served as the CEO and Managing Director of CABB Group GmbH. [1]

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Vanacker has Belgian and German citizenships. [4]

Education

Career

Vanacker served about 10 years as a member of the executive committee, and served in executive roles at Bayer MaterialScience. After Bayer he was the CEO of Treofan Group.

Prior to Neste, Vanacker was the CEO and Managing Director of CABB Group GmbH from 2015 to 2018. [5]

It was announced in December of 2021 that Vanacker had accepted the position of CEO for Lyondellbasell, which function he will assume 23 May 2022.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Biofuel firm Neste picks new CEO from CABB". Reuters. Reuters. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. "Bayer Polymers Americas.(Jobs and People)(Peter Vanacker)(Brief Article)". Chemical Market Reporter. Government of Australia. 8 September 2003. pp. 26(1). Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. "Vanacker succeeds Lievonen as Neste's President and CEO". Bioenergy International. Bioenergy International. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. "Ansioluettelo Peter Vanacker" (pdf). www.neste.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. "CABB names new CEO: Peter Vanacker to succeed Martin Wienkenhöver | chemanager-online.com - Chemistry and Life Science". www.chemanager-online.com. Retrieved 15 December 2018.