Knowledge Based Bio-Economy towards 2020

Mr. TANDA STEPHAN

Member of the Managing Board of Directors

Royal DSM

Biography

Stephan B. Tanda (Austrian) studied polymer engineering at the University of Leoben, Austria, and Business Administration at the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Stephan started his career in 1991 as Business Segment Manager Europe - Nomex® and Kevlar® Protective Apparel with DuPont in Switzerland. Following assignments in Finance and Operations with DuPont in the USA, he was appointed Global Business Director, based In Luxembourg. In 1998 Stephan became Director Corporate Planning and later Vice President Strategic Planning & New Business Development Agriculture, Nutrition and Bio-Based Materials for DuPont in the USA.

In 2000 he was appointed President of Protein Technologies International, Inc. and later President and CEO of The Solae Company, USA, a Joint Venture between DuPont and Bunge in the area of food innovation and food ingredient manufacturing. In 2004 Stephan was appointed President and CEO of Freudenberg Nonwovens, a global group of industrial businesses, based in Weinheim, Germany, and Durham, USA.

He became a member of DSM’s Managing Board on 1 May 2007, where he is responsible for the Nutrition Cluster and the Pharma Cluster. In addition Stephan has corporate responsibiilities for the Americas, China, and the Sales and Marketing Functions.

Programme

Conference dinner at the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts - Stepping into the biobased economy: Industry's view