Victor Ortega

Victor Ortega has extensive experience in the chemical manufacturing industry, currently serving as VP and Site Manager at Covestro since May 2006. Key achievements include leading a major reorganization that unified over 500 employees and significantly reduced facilities management costs by over 40%, while improving operational reliability. Prior roles at Covestro included VP of Technical Site Management and PUR Reliability Director, focusing on transforming traditional manufacturing into a reliability-based culture. Earlier experience includes plant engineering roles at Bayer Material Science, where responsibilities encompassed unit reliability and maintenance, and as a trainee at Bayer Technology Services. Victor Ortega holds an Executive MBA from EAE Business School, a PhD in Process Engineering from Universitat Rovira i Virgili, a Master's in Verfahrenstechnik from Technische Universität Wien, and a Master's in Chemical Engineering from Universidad de Granada.