Our readers have voted. The most innovative bioeconomy CEO 2024 is Frederic Van Gansberghe, CEO of Futerro, a a pioneer and world leader in bioplastics with the development and production of Poly-Lactic Acid (PLA, also called FUTERRO RENEW®). PLA is a well-recognized biopolymer able to replace a large number of traditional petro-based plastic used in several applications.
Frederic Van Gansberghe succeds to Thomas Philipon (TotalEnergies Corbion, the Most Innovative Bioeconomy CEO in 2023) and to Ken Richards (Leaf Resources), Tony Duncan (Circa Group), Jürgen Eck (BRAIN AG), Alex Michine (MetGen), Simao Soares (SilicoLife) Jennifer Holmgren (LanzaTech) and Tom van Aken (Avantium), respectively most innovative CEO 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.
We heartily congratulate him on this important recognition and sincerely thank our readers for the participation in the survey. As usual, we would like to underline that the bioeconomy revolution is a reality thanks to visionary managers like Frederic van Gansberghe, the other nine selected along with him in the list of the 10 most innovative bioeconomy CEOs and to all those who in different roles contribute to research, develop and commercialize new bio-based products.
About the winner:
Frederic Van Gansberghe is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Futerro and has served as CEO since 1992. With more than 30 years of experience in the world of lactic acid and PLA, he was one of the first to develop a business linked to PLA.
As well as being CEO of Futerro, he is also currently CEO of Galactic, Futerro’s parent company. Between 2011 and 2017, he was Chairman of the Board of Compagnie du Bois Sauvage SA an investment holding company, involved in the real estate, finance, chemical and food industries.
He received a master’s degree in Biotechnology from Louvain University and a master’s degree from ECAM in electromechanical engineering.
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