Speakers

Reinier is an experienced executive, who spent over 20 years in multiple industries including healthcare, lighting, consumer goods and building materials as well as paper, packaging and recycling. With a diverse background in marketing, sales, manufacturing, finance, M&A, general management and being member of multiple supervisory boards, Reinier successfully lead organizations undergoing significant change overseeing a cumulative of 40 countries while living in 7 across 3 continents.

Since May 2021, Reinier is Regional Managing Director for DS Smith in East Europe managing over 50 manufacturing locations and 11 design centres with a team of approximately 8,000 employees. Previously, he worked at Philips in different leadership roles, most recently as CEO of Central & Easter Europe.

He is 50 years old and graduated from the Erasmus University Rotterdam with a master’s degree in Business Economics. He also completed Rotterdam School of Management, Wharton Business School, MIT, and INSEAD.

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