Wijnand de Smit

Wijnand de Smit currently serves as Senior Director of End-to-End Transformation for EMEA and the Americas at Brenntag, a position held since April 2021, following prior roles as Director of End-to-End Transformation EMEA and Director of Digital Sales Solutions EMEA. Previous experience includes serving as Director of Customer Development and Director of Digital Products at DigiB, a Brenntag group company, from April 2018 to August 2021, where responsibilities involved engaging customers with digital platforms and launching new products. Wijnand's extensive tenure at Brenntag Group, spanning from January 2002 to June 2018, includes roles such as Business Lead for product standardization in EMEA, Member of the Executive Board, General Manager of Brenntag Maghreb SAS, and Project Manager focused on sales efficiency. Wijnand began the career as an Account Manager at HCI Chemicals Nederland b.v. and possesses academic qualifications from institutions such as INSEAD, Hult Ashridge Executive Education, Nyenrode Business University, and Hoge Hotelschool Maastricht.