Guy De Mol
Milling | Bakery | Agri-Food | C-level
Jodoigne
Profil professionnel
A passionate Bio engineer with 10 years of experience in the world of cereals. Proven track record building and scaling organisations, including leading a €4M-turnover milling operation, developing local organic supply chains, and driving large-scale industrial projects with CAPEX up to €25-27M. Recognised for strategic vision, stakeholder leadership and the ability to translate principles into commercially viable, long-term business models. 30 years career in 3 industrial sector : Agro-Food, Renewable Energy, Environment. Pioneer entrepreneur with a good listening capacity and problem-solver ability.
Vue d'ensemble
30
30
years of professional experience
Expérience
CEO, OWNER
MOULINS DE STATTE
01.2015 - 06.2025
- Clean label flour development (wheat starch & spelt) trough regional R&D research program (Startech /Wallep)
- Optimalization of entire 25Kg bags flour packaging line (automatization, labelling, barcode)
- Develop new markets (1kg bags) for major Belgian retailers (Carrefour-Colruyt-Cora).
- Obtain official regional Label for a regenerative cultivation local flour (Bayard)
- Implement ODOO ERP system in 06/2021(accounting -production-CRM)
- Build from scratch a new industrial Buhler mill project (Capex €25m - Permits get 09-2025) -EU Grant obtained (Plan Relance U.E).
- Industrial and artisan bakery sector. Average turnover €4m - Develop local supply chains based on the sustainable principles of Sustainable Agriculture. Organic wheat and spelt sectors. Team of 20 people.
STRATEGY, R&D CONSULTANT
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS & REFINING S.A.
01.2013 - 01.2014
- Researched into 2nd-generation liquid biofuels. Focused on animal grease & jatropha oil for jet fuel.
- Made an EU Market analysis on sourcing used cooking oil & animal grease to supply a bio-refinery project in France
- Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel just started this summer 2025 in Marseille (Total Refinery-La Mède)
- Analysed M&A files in the biomass start-up sector (BR-USA-EU) for Total Renewable Energies potential investment (CRISPR/Cas9 technology)
OWNER, CEO
DE MOL SPRL
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Orchestrated business development strategies, including supply chain, financing, permits, and biomethanisation process.
- Revamping of a municipal waste treatment plant devasted by a fire. Project to restart the biomethanisation from organic part of municipal waste, recycle the sludge as fertilizer for the agriculture, and use the fatal energy (hot water) to heat a glass house and produce paprikas and tomatoes.
- Business negotiations with EDF Energies Nouvelles (Paris) for the investment and electricity contract, and with SITA on the biomass volume sourcing.
- Renewable Energy
SENIOR BIOMASS CONSULTANT
EDORA
01.2010
- Served as biomass expert (energy crops, forest products)
- Analysis of the production capacity installed in EU vs production objectives horizon 2025
SENIOR CONSULTANT
ALCOGROUP S.A.
01.2008 - 01.2010
- Developed biodiesel projects from green field (from rapeseed oil in Hungary, Estonia and Canada, and from soya oil in Argentina).
- R&D research on second-generation ethanol processes from cellulosic biomass with EDF-Energies Nouvelles
FOUNDER & CEO
BIOFUEL sa
01.2006 - 01.2008
- Spearheaded project to build a biodiesel production unit (100,000T/year) in the port of Liège (BE) - (Capex €27m).
- Global managing of a green field project from an idea, business plan, industrial process budget offer, E.U. Biofuel Directive Tender for production capacity quotas.
- JV negotiated with two major Belgian industrial companies (Alcogroup S.A. & Floridienne S.A.)
FOUNDER
DE MOL SPRL
01.2006
- Imported and Trade several products on new markets : organic food products (bread-making cereals from Canada, eggs from Bretagne & BE to Luxembourg)
- Rapeseed bio-lubricants test application for steel industry for the(Arcelor Mittal)
- Biodiesel fuel made from used cooking oils (UCO -Spain) for blending Total Refinery Rouen & Dunkerque.
DIRECTOR CAVID
ENVIRONNEMENT BRUSSELS (IBGE)
01.2003 - 01.2006
- Facilitated sustainable development mission (CAVID) for the Office of the Minister for the Environment (calls for projects, academic committee, and monitoring of funding phases).
- Advised on biofuels and monitoring of European (Biofuels Directive) and Federal policies on Renewable Energy.
- Supervised and published a sustainable book (Bruxelles, Ville Durable) co-created with a multidisciplinary group (academic, public & private sector). It synthesizes the 21 projects granted and built in Brussels under the United Nations Local Agenda 21 program.
SALES MANAGER
BIOMARCHÉ S.C.
01.2000 - 01.2003
- Took charge of imports and packaging of organic fruit and vegetables for Belgian retailers (Delhaize, Colruyt).
- Managed sales team and receptionists (10 people).
FOUNDER
AGRIUM SA
01.1997 - 01.2000
- Oversaw potato trading in southern (Portugal, Spain)and eastern Europe (Romania, Poland), import of Canadian Bio wheat for the Belgian milling industry.
- Developed activities of a farm (1100Ha) taken over in Poland, focused on cereal production (Northern Mazurie region).
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
AGROVAL SA | PAGE ENVIRONNEMENT GROUP
01.1995 - 01.1997
- Negotiate and Create a New Co 50/50 (AGROVAL SA) between French Agro Developpement Team and major Belgian Player PAGE Environnement
- Took charge of recycling organic matter for agriculture (biomass, sewage municipal and industrial sludge, and compost).
- Managed the logistics, soil agronomic analysis, annual reporting for the regional administration.
PROJECT ENGINEER
AGRO DÉVELOPPEMENT (FR)
01.1994
- Organised recycling treatment of organic and mineral materials for agricultural use.
- Build and managed a green waste composting plant in Dunkerque
Formation
Post-Graduate - International Business Commerce
Solvay Business School
Diploma (Cum laude) - Agronomic engineer with a Major in Economics
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Compétences
- Business Development
- Entrepreneurship
- R&D
- Business Plan
- Financial Analysis
- Agri-Food Industry
- Renewable energy
- Biomass
- Sustainable Agriculture
- Cereals
Mandates
- President of the Association Royale des Meuniers Belges (ARMB-KVBM), 2021-01-01, 2025-12-31
- Founder of Belgian Millers Association, 2025-01-01
- European Flour Millers’ Association | Executive Committee, 2021-01-01, present
- FEVIA Wallonie (Food Enterprises Federation), 2018-01-01, present
- APAQW (Agriculture Federation), 2022-01-01, 2025-12-31
- Union Wallonne des Entreprises | Economic Commission, 2021-01-01, 2025-12-31
- Cercles de Wallonie et B19
- Task Force Ukraine (BE Ministry- FOD Economie), 2022-01-01
- FIWAP
- FERAB
Languages
French
English
Dutch
Chronologie
CEO, OWNER
MOULINS DE STATTE
01.2015 - 06.2025
STRATEGY, R&D CONSULTANT
TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS & REFINING S.A.
01.2013 - 01.2014
OWNER, CEO
DE MOL SPRL
01.2010 - 01.2012
SENIOR BIOMASS CONSULTANT
EDORA
01.2010
SENIOR CONSULTANT
ALCOGROUP S.A.
01.2008 - 01.2010
FOUNDER & CEO
BIOFUEL sa
01.2006 - 01.2008
FOUNDER
DE MOL SPRL
01.2006
DIRECTOR CAVID
ENVIRONNEMENT BRUSSELS (IBGE)
01.2003 - 01.2006
SALES MANAGER
BIOMARCHÉ S.C.
01.2000 - 01.2003
FOUNDER
AGRIUM SA
01.1997 - 01.2000
FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
AGROVAL SA | PAGE ENVIRONNEMENT GROUP
01.1995 - 01.1997
PROJECT ENGINEER
AGRO DÉVELOPPEMENT (FR)
01.1994
Diploma (Cum laude) - Agronomic engineer with a Major in Economics
Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Post-Graduate - International Business Commerce
Solvay Business School