Speakers:
Marco Ten Bruggencate
Commercial Vice President EMEA - Dow Europe GmbH/ Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics
Marco ten Bruggencate is the Commercial Vice President for Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics EMEA, and is based in Horgen, Switzerland.
Marco joined Dow in 2000 and held various commercial, strategic marketing and leadership roles for several Dow businesses incl. Building Solutions, Coatings, and Polyurethanes in EMEAI region before becoming the Global Business Director for Dow Building & Construction in 2014. Prior to his current role, he was the Global Strategy Director for the Polyurethanes portfolio until mid-2019.
Marco earned his Master’s degree in Business Economics at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.
Peter Sandkühler
Director of Sustainability - Dow Europe GmbH/ Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics
Peter Sandkuehler is Director of Sustainability for Dow’s Packaging and Specialty Plastics Division, responsible for defining and implementing the business’ sustainability strategy in the EMEA region.
Peter has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and a M.S. in Chemical Engineering, and prior to his current role he was a Fellow in Dow’s Technical Service and Development department and established the Horgen Pack Studios, encouraging collaboration between Dow businesses across the value chain.
A recognized industry expert, Peter frequently engages with customers and brand owners in the design for future sustainable packaging and represents Dow in trade associations such as CPA and Plastics Europe.
Carolina Gregorio
EMEA Lead Marketing Manager for Food & Specialty Packaging - Dow Europe GmbH/ Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics
Carolina Gregorio joined Dow in 2007 in the Iberica region and since then held several commercial roles in the Packaging & Specialty Plastics business.
In 2013, she assumed her current role as EMEA Lead Marketing Manager for Food & Specialty Packaging, expanding her role to become Global Project Leader for Dow’s packaging innovation platform targeting value creation across markets and applications.
Carolina has elaborated the marketing strategy for Dow’s bio-based offering in EMEA and has recently been appointed to globally lead the implementation.
Carolina holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Santiago de Compostela University in Spain and an Executive MBA from EAE Business School.
Suzanne Greene
Global Procurement Sustainability and Advocacy Leader - Dow Europe GmbH
Suzanne Greene is the Global Procurement Sustainability and Advocacy Leader, dedicated to achieving Dow’s ESG goals using procurement as a lever. Prior to joining Dow in 2021, Suzanne co-founded the Sustainable Supply Chains Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she advanced climate action strategies within the supply chain. She serves on the Technical Advisory Group of the Science-Based Targets initiative and has authored a number of publications on carbon accounting, climate target-setting, and the role of carbon offsets and insets for supply chain decarbonization. You can read more about Suzanne’s work at suzanne.mit.edu.
Lahoti Lahoti
Global Sustainability Director for Hydrocarbons - The Dow Chemical Company
Manav Lahoti is the Global Sustainability Director for Hydrocarbons at Dow. In this role, Manav has responsibility for the sustainability & CO2 strategy for the Hydrocarbons business, including Dow’s global cracker fleet. He is the business lead for the FCDh/EDH program and the eCracker joint development program with Shell.
Manav joined Dow in 1998 as an engineer involved in the startup and commissioning of the gas phase polyethylene plant in Prentiss, Canada. Throughout his 23 years with the company, Manav gained crucial experience through a series of roles, including the one of planner, global supply chain leader for Feedstocks & Energy, and Commercial Director.
Tim Sykes - Brand Director
Brand Director - Packaging Europe
Tim is brand director at Packaging Europe, where he has led content development for 15 years. He has wide interests around innovation in packaging technology and its impacts on the environment, consumer experience, supply chain efficiencies, etc. Tim is the founder and organiser of the Sustainability Awards, which has established itself as the leading global competition focused on sustainable packaging innovation
