Sam Messiaen

Sam MESSIAEN is an experienced financial professional with a diverse background in financial management and analysis. Currently serving as the Director of Financial Strategies at Kraton Corporation since September 2013, Sam MESSIAEN has progressively advanced through roles as Senior Finance Manager and Business Finance Manager Operations. Prior experience includes positions at Arizona Chemical as Plant Controller for the UK, France, and Germany, and Assistant Plant Controller for France, as well as a Senior Financial Analyst role at Qompetence BV. Earlier career experience encompasses a supervisory role in Credit Services at Merck Millipore. Sam MESSIAEN holds a Financial Modelling and Valuation Analyst certification from the Corporate Finance Institute, a Master's degree in Accounting & Control from Open Universiteit, and a Master's degree in Modern History from KU Leuven.