Anne De Greef-Safft is the current Director at Benchmark Electronics. Anne has held this position since September of 2017. Prior to their current role, Anne was the Group President for Food Service Equipment at Standex International from January 2015 to September 2017. In this role, Anne was responsible for the full P&L for the company which included nine operations across the US, Mexico, and Ireland.
Anne has also served as President for Gems, Setra, Sonix, and Anderson Companies (part of Danaher Corporation) from January 2002 to December 2014. In this role, Anne was responsible for the worldwide operations, marketing & sales, engineering, accounting and human resources functions of the group with eight operating facilities in the US, Europe, and China.
Anne's accomplishments include profitable growth leadership, innovation, transformative marketing and sales force effectiveness, and talent acquisition & team development.
Anne De Greef-Safft has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business and a Belgian equivalent of BSEE and MSEE ("Burgerlijk Elektrotechnisch-Werktuigkundig Ingenieur") in Electronics Engineering from KU Leuven.