Gert-Jan Gruter

Gert-Jan Gruter is Avantium’s CTO (Chief Technology Officer) since 2004. Before this, he was responsible for setting up the Chemicals Service Business (2000-2004) and was a Group Leader New Catalyst Research at DSM (1993-2000).

Dutch Native, Gert-Jan holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Vrije University of Amsterdam.

Gert-Jan believes that transitioning to a circular society is crucial in times when all elements on the periodic table are in danger of extinction. His personal mission is to help develop large-scale novel sustainable technologies that, at full commercial scale, are superior to fossil technologies by price and performance.