Inge Schildermans

Dr. Ir Inge Schildermans is the Senior Vice President of Fiber Technologies at Bekaert, a world market and technology leader in steel wire transformation and coating technologies. After finishing Chemical Engineering studies in Belgium, she combined a PhD in Applied BioSciences with R&D project management at Bekaert Fiber Technologies. Mrs. Schildermans held several positions within Bekaert, ranging from Technology and Innovation Management at the HQ to Operational & Country management in Eastern Europe (Slovakia) before she returned to Belgium in 2019 to take up the current role of SVP in Fiber Technologies. Her Business unit develops, manufactures, and commercializes high-end metal fiber products for several end applications in Filtration (polymer, Semicon, gas) and in Automotive applications offering Conductive & Heat resistant Textiles and Heating Cables. Since 2000, Bekaert Fiber Technologies is active in the development and commercialization of Porous transport layers for PEM electrolyzers. Additionally, Mrs. Schildermans is a Board member of Hyve, a consortium of Belgian industry and research players developing new breakthrough water electrolysis solutions.