Heike Van De Kerkhof

Ms. Heike van de Kerkhof has over 30 years of experience in leadership roles in the chemicals and materials industry. She is a driven promotor of sustainability and a culture of performance, diversity and inclusion. Ms. van de Kerkhof holds the position of Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors at Archroma, a global specialty chemicals company with 3,000 employees, working in 35 countries and with 26 production sites. Archroma is owned by SK Capital and Ms. van de Kerkhof acts as a strategic advisor on ESG for all portfolio companies of SK Capital. Ms. van de Kerkhof started her career as an engineer at DuPont and held various positions in manufacturing, technical, sales and marketing in Northern Ireland, Germany and Switzerland. When the Chemours Company was split off from DuPont she took the role of Vice President Global Sales for the Chemours Titanium Technologies business and was appointed President Chemours International Operations Sàrl. Alongside her executive role at Chemours, Ms. van de Kerkhof held non-executive board roles at RPC Group and Neste. In January 2018, Ms. van de Kerkhof joined BP Oil UK Ltd as Vice President BP Lubricants for the Western Hemisphere, a position she left to join Archroma in January 2020. Born in 1962 and is a German citizen. Appointed: 20 October 2020.