Steering Board
Karl-Martin Schellerer (Westlake-Vinnolit)
Obtaining a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Regensburg and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Universities of Augsburg & Pittsburgh (USA), Karl-Martin Schellerer began his professional career at Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG in 1997 as Sales Manager – Paste & Extender PVC. After an assignment as Technical Service Manager, he served as the Head of Vinnolit’s Paste & Extender PVC business and later in his role as the Head of Corporate Development contributed to the strategic development of the company.
After having left Vinnolit for Dr. Wieselhuber & Partner Consultants GmbH in 2012 where he led a variety of consulting engagements as the Head of the firm’s Process & Construction Industries Practice, he returned to Vinnolit in mid 2015 and assumed the role as Managing Director. Further to his position at Vinnolit he is in charge of the Asian businesses of Westlake Chemical serving as VP Vinyl Chemical Europe and Asia.
Myriam Tryjefaczka (Tarkett)
Vice Chairwoman
Myriam Tryjefaczka (Tarkett) - Vice-Chair
A member of the VinylPlus Board since May 2018.
Charlotte Röber (VinylPlus)
Managing Director
Brigitte Dero (VinylPlus) - Managing Director
Charlotte is managing VinylPlus and ECVM since January 2024.
She has been working for the PVC industry for a decade, previously representing the interest of the PVC window profile industry towards policy-makers, standardization bodies and other sectors. Her functional experience includes the sustainability assessment of construction products, standardization activities, chemical and waste legislation and corresponding advocacy actions.
Charlotte Röber completed her Masters in European and International Law at the University of Maastricht. She also holds a Master of Business Administration from the Vlerick Business School in Ghent.
Ettore Nanni (Reagens)
Treasurer
Ettore Nanni (Reagens) - Treasurer
Ettore Nanni holds a PhD in Industrial Chemistry, obtained in 1983 from the University of Bologna, Italy. He currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer and is the main shareholder of the Reagens group, a private and independent chemical group internationally recognized for the production of stabilisers for PVC and other thermoplastics. Ettore Nanni is also Chairman of ESPA, the European Stabiliser Producers Association, affiliated to the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) and was instrumental in the success of Vinyl 2010.
Christophe André
ECVM 2010
Christophe André (Vynova) - ECVM 2010
Christophe André has over 20 years of business development and general management experience gained at various leading chemical and manufacturing companies. He has served at specialty chemicals company Arkema as Group President of the global Thiochemicals activities and as a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to this, Mr. André held various international senior management positions at specialty chemicals manufacturer Rohm and Haas and served as Managing Director at paper manufacturer Arjowiggins Graphic.
Mr. André joined Vynova as President in September 2021, and was appointed in the VinylPlus Steering Board in 2022.
Dirk Breitbach (Polymer-Chemie)
EuPC (Compounding sector)
Dirk Breitbach (Polymer-Chemie) - EuPC (Compounding sector)
Dirk Breitbach holds a Betriebswirt (VWA)/Graduate in Business Administration. He first worked as a Controller for a Aluminium window-profile producer, and then joined Polymer-Chemie Gmbh, one of the leading compounding producers in Europe, in 1995 as CFO. Ten years later Dirk had different responsibilities in the polymer-group as a managing director. Since 2011, besides his activities as head of administration of the polymer holding, Dirk leads the PVC-Compounding-business of the polymer group. In 2013 Polymer-Chemie decided to join VinylPlus; Dirk represents the interests of the Compounding industry as a board member and chairman of the Vinyl Foundation.
Henrik Fischer (Evonik)
European Plasticisers
Christian Vergeylen (Renolit) - EuPC, Flexible PVC sector
Hendrik Fischer is Director Advocacy and Regulatory Marketing at Evonik.
Andreas Hartleif (VEKA)
EuPC (Rigid PVC sector)
Andreas Hartleif (VEKA) - EuPC (Rigid PVC sector)
Andreas Hartleif (45) has been involved in the plastics industry for over 15 years. He joined VEKA AG in 1996, the world’s largest extruder of uPVC profiles used for windows and doors. Coordination between VEKA and its subsidiaries, conducting sector analysis, monitoring and strategic planning, were his main areas of responsibilities before becoming a Member of the Board of Directors in 1998. Shortly thereafter, Andreas Hartleif was appointed Deputy Director and since 2007, has held the position of Chief Executive Officer for VEKA. In addition to this role, Andreas Hartleif also represents the interests of the European plastics industry as a Member of the Board of EuPC, the European trade association of plastic converters.
Andy Jones (Baerlocher)
ESPA
Andy Jones (Baerlocher) - ESPA
Andy Jones joined Baerlocher’s UK subsidiary in 1991 and spent his early career in technical service, sales management and multinational key account management roles, primarily servicing customers in North West Europe. In 2006, he was appointed Managing Director of Baerlocher UK Limited and continues in this position today. Andy joined the management team in Baerlocher GmbH in Munich in 2009 and in his role as Head of PVC Additives EU/MEA, he has been responsible for steering Baerlocher’s business development from all of its European sites through significant technological change and regional expansion. In 2013, Andy joined the Global Management Committee of the Baerlocher Group as Global Head of the Strategic Business Unit PVC Additives and represents the company on a number of subsidiary boards.
Hans-Christoph Porth (Vestolit)
ECVM 2010
Hans-Christoph Porth (Vestolit)
ECVM 2010 A member of the VinylPlus Board since April 2016.
Matthias Pfeiffer (BASF)
European Plasticisers
Matthias Pfeiffer (BASF) - European Plasticisers
Dr. Matthias Pfeiffer obtained his PH.D. in Inorganic Chemistry 1999. He has a strong experience in the plasticiser industry after working for different companies, and since 2013 has been responsible for the Technical Marketing of the BASF European plasticiser portfolio.
Arnaud Valenduc (INEOS Inovyn)
ECVM 2010
Christian Vergeylen (Renolit) - EuPC, Flexible PVC sector
Arnaud Valenducis currently Business Director, Member of the Executive Committee and Member of the Board of Directors of INEOS Inovyn, the European leader of the Chloro-Vinyl industry.
Arnaud Valenduc is a Luxembourg national with 28 years of business experience, including 18 years in the chemical industry among which 10 years in the chlor alkali vinyls chain. Arnaud has joined INEOS Inovyn on Feb 1st 2022 after working 18 years in Solvay where he held various senior roles, a.o. Head of Transformation and member of Solvay Leadership team from 2017 to 2021, CEO of Solvay Indupa (PVC producer in South America) in 2015 and 2016, Head of Precipitated Calcium Carbonate business unit in 2013 and 2014 and various business development roles in Asia from 2003 to 2012. Prior to Solvay, Arnaud was an internet entrepreneur and started his career in the consulting industry. Arnaud has a degree of Business Engineering from the Free University of Brussels and holds a Master of Business Administration of INSEAD.
Christian Vergeylen (Renolit)
EuPC -(Flexible PVC sector)
Christian Vergeylen (Renolit) - EuPC, Flexible PVC sector
Christian Vergeylen, born in 1958 , graduated from the Solvay Business School (Brussels) and began working at SOLVAY, in 1982, in Chemicals sales in Brussels and in Basel (CH).
Since 1989, he has held different management positions in plastic processing: in plastic pipes and fittings until 1995 and then in the flexible industrial films & sheets division.
Since 2000 he was the CEO of RENOLIT BELGIUM at Oudenaarde, Belgium and of the Waterproofing Business unit. These activities were acquired from SOLVAY by RENOLIT SE in 2006.
Additionally, since 2006 he has also been the CEO of RENOLIT ONDEX in Chevigny (F) which produces bi-stretched corrugated and flat PVC sheets. Moreover, he is also a board member of RENOLIT NORDIC and RENOLIT HUNGARY.
Since the beginning, Christian has been actively involved in the Association-world in order to promote the interests and the sustainability of the plastic processing industry: locally as vice-president of FEDERPLAST, Belgium; as a member of the Local board of the Chamber of Commerce (VOKA) and also at the European level as past-secretary of TEPPFA (pipes) and past-president of ESWA (roofing membranes).
In 2013, he was nominated as Chairman of Recovinyl and member of the boards of VinylPlus and the Vinyl Foundation. He is Vice Chairman of VinylPlus since May 2018.
Geoffroy Tillieux (Vinyl Foundation)
Managing Director
Geoffroy Tillieux - Vinyl Foundation
Graduated in 2000 in the Solvay Business School, specialization Finances, Université Libre de Bruxelles. He holds a Master in law at the Université Catholique de Louvain. Geoffroy is Managing Director of the Vinyl Foundation and is a permanent guest of the VinylPlus Steering Board.