Wim Coppens
Merelbeke
Summary
· 15 years experience in C-level / executive committee roles in global chemicals- and building materials sectors.
· Generalist with specific acumen for strategy definition and implementation, functional excellence, B2B marketing and business development, mergers and acquisitions, post merger integration.
· Non executive director of Masterfoam group, a medium sized foam converter in Europe and North-America serving automotive, HVAC, construction and other industrial markets.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
Work history
VP and member of excom
Beaulieu international group
03.2020 - 07.2025
- Global responsibility for flooring business unit (Soft-, Hard- and resilient flooring, Artificial Turf): circa 1 BEur TO, circa 3000 FTE.
- Main achievements as member of BIG Excom past 3 years:
- Implementation of a functional excellence program (safety, opex, comex (as sponsor))
- Transforming the group from volume to value focus
- Strategy definition and implementation, including M&A
- Circa 2 BEur TO, +/- 4900 FTE.
co-owner and director
Masterfoam BV
02.2016 - 07.2025
- Company Overview: converter of plastic foams for industrial and packaging applications
- Main achievement: Developing the business via M&A from 8 to 25 MEur TO (and > 10% Ebitda-margin)
- Interim MD from July 2016-Feb 2018
Global GM Soft flooring solutions
Beaulieu
10.2019 - 02.2021
General manager
Beaulieu Needlepunck division
03.2019 - 12.2020
- TO 110MEur, 450 FTE
Managing director
Bekina Compounds and Bekina Indurub
03.2018 - 02.2019
Managing Director
Domo Engineering Plastics GmbH
Premnitz
10.2010 - 06.2016
- Responsibilities:
- Managing the global MT: general managers (Italy,US,China), Sales & Marketing, finance, R&D, Supply chain
- P&L
- People management responsibility
- Budget
- Feasibility analysis, implementation and follow-up of Capex projects
- Implementation of strategy and actions plan of the global BU Engineering Plastics
- Reports to the CEO of Domo Chemicals (TO circa 850 MEur , FTE +/-900)
- Main achievements:
- Build the engineering plastics (=down stream) business unit from zero (2006) organically and later via acquisitions to a circa 200 MEur (12%Ebitda) business, contributing to growth of the group and also to lowering cyclicality of profit margin (intrinsically high cyclicality in the upstream chemicals business due to global investment cycles).
- Closure of loss making Belgian start-up unit and integration of business in acquired German plant
- Acquisition of Polyamid 2000 (Germany, 2007), Aquafil Engineering Plastics Italy (2013) and Technical polymers US (2014)
- Integration of Belgian, German and Italian team members to one integrated European business unit
- Start-up compounding plant in Jiaxing (China) (2013)
- Global Business unit manager Engineering Plastics (+/- TO 170 MEur, FTE +/- 200)
Member of the Executive Committee
Domo Chemicals
12.2005 - 06.2016
- Company Overview: Belgian private company
- Responsibilities:
- Participation to strategy definition and M&A policy of Domo Chemicals.
- Participation to evaluation and release of capital expenditures of Domo Chemicals.
- General management responsibility for Domo Polypropylene BV until October 2010.
- General management responsibility for the Global Business Unit Engineering Plastics.
- Main achievements:
- Build the engineering plastics (=down stream) business unit from zero (2006) organically and later via acquisitions to a circa 200 MEur (12%Ebitda) business, contributing to growth of the group and also to lowering cyclicality of profit margin (intrinsically high cyclicality in the upstream chemicals business due to global investment cycles).
- Closure of loss making Belgian start-up unit and integration of business in acquired German plant
- Acquisition of Aquafil Engineering Plastics Italy and Technical polymers US.
- TO circa 950 MEur
Business Unit manager / Managing Director
Domo Polypropylene BV
04.2003 - 09.2010
- Company Overview: Dutch company, since May 2008 a JV between Domo Chemicals (private company) and Carmel Olefins (Israeli based public company)
- Responsibilities:
- P&L (TO 2010: +/- 200 MEur)
- People management responsibility (85 people)
- Budget
- Feasibility of projects and capital expenditures
- Implementation of strategy and actions plans
- Reports to the board of Domo Polypropylene BV (representatives of both shareholders).
- Main achievements:
- Setting up Domo Polypropylene own and mostly new customer base in 2001-2003 (start-up via asset-deal in 2001).
- Transforming Domo Polypropylene BV, as Business unit -manager, from a production driven to a commercial driven organisation by combining strengths of the Dutch operational and the Belgian commercial organisation (2003-2005)
- Implementation in 2005, together with the operations manager, of a new and transparent integrated total quality management and safety management (Seveso company) system for Domo Polypropylene BV.
- Building partnership (off-take agreement) with low cost middle east player
- Facilitation of divestment (in two steps via JV-phase) of the business to Carmel olefins
Sales manager
Domo Polypropylene BV
10.2001 - 03.2003
- Responsible for the market segment extrusion, turnover developed to circa 50 MEur.
- Setting up of new and own customer base of Domo Polypropylene following Domo’s entry on the Polypropylene market in June 2001.
Sales Manager Polypropylene
Solvay Polyolefins Europe
01.1998 - 09.2001
- Responsible for Benelux PP market, turnover increase from 30 to circa 50 MEur.
Researcher
Solvay Polyolefins Europe
01.1995 - 01.1998
- Responsible for development and technical service to customers and end-users (Electrabel, Gaz de France, …) in the field of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipes for gas- and drinking water transport. Reporting to the Product manager HDPE. Co-inventor of two patents registered by Solvay Polyolefins Europe.
Junior researcher
Solvay Research and Technical Centre in Brussels
Brussels
01.1992 - 01.1995
- Responsible for development of new formulations for High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and Polypropylene.
Education
Master - polymers and composites engineering
University of Leuven
01.1991 - 01.1992
Engineer - Chemistry and bio-sciences
University of Ghent
01.1985 - 01.1990
Latin-Mathematics
Sint-Lievenscollege
01.1979 - 01.1985
Management Program - undefined
Vlerick Management school Ghent
01.2006 - 01.2006
Director program - undefined
INSEAD
01.2023 - 01.2023
Skills
- Strategic planning
- M&A integration
- Operational excellence
- Business transformation
- Team leadership
- P&L management
Languages
Dutch: mother language
French: Fluent
English: Fluent
German: Fluent
Timeline
Director program - undefined
INSEAD
01.2023 - 01.2023
VP and member of excom
Beaulieu international group
03.2020 - 07.2025
Global GM Soft flooring solutions
Beaulieu
10.2019 - 02.2021
General manager
Beaulieu Needlepunck division
03.2019 - 12.2020
Managing director
Bekina Compounds and Bekina Indurub
03.2018 - 02.2019
co-owner and director
Masterfoam BV
02.2016 - 07.2025
Managing Director
Domo Engineering Plastics GmbH
10.2010 - 06.2016
Management Program - undefined
Vlerick Management school Ghent
01.2006 - 01.2006
Member of the Executive Committee
Domo Chemicals
12.2005 - 06.2016
Business Unit manager / Managing Director
Domo Polypropylene BV
04.2003 - 09.2010
Sales manager
Domo Polypropylene BV
10.2001 - 03.2003
Sales Manager Polypropylene
Solvay Polyolefins Europe
01.1998 - 09.2001
Researcher
Solvay Polyolefins Europe
01.1995 - 01.1998
Junior researcher
Solvay Research and Technical Centre in Brussels
01.1992 - 01.1995
Master - polymers and composites engineering
University of Leuven
01.1991 - 01.1992
Engineer - Chemistry and bio-sciences
University of Ghent
01.1985 - 01.1990
Latin-Mathematics
Sint-Lievenscollege
01.1979 - 01.1985
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