Jo Kockelkoren

Jo Kockelkoren has over 30 years of experience in the plastics industry. Jo started their career at Royal DSM NV in 1991, where they held various roles including European Sales Manager, Global Account Manager, and Application Development Manager. In 2011, they became the Commercial Director at Reverdia, a joint venture powered by DSM and Roquette. Jo then joined WhiteCloud Innovations in 2017 as the Vice President of Commercial Development. Jo also founded their own company, Leap2Grow - Commercial Interim Management, in the same year. In 2018, they joined Nexeo Plastics as the Commercial Manager for the DACH & BeNeLux region, and later became the Project Manager for Commercial Excellence. Currently, Jo is the Commercial Director for EMEA at Nexeo Plastics.

Jo Kockelkoren obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Polymers & Plastics from HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht) between 1991 and 1993. Prior to that, from 1985 to 1989, Jo pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics at Zuyd Hogeschool | Zuyd University of Applied Sciences.