Karla van Ryckeghem

Karla Van Ryckeghem has extensive experience in sales and management within the water purification and filtration industry, having worked at Pentair since October 2008. Currently serving as the European Sales Director for Food Service, Karla manages the Commercial Filtration sales team across Europe and previously held various leadership roles, including Regional Sales Director and Key Account Manager. Before Pentair, Karla worked at Parker domnick hunter as a Sales and Key Account Manager, leading a team of sales representatives, and started the sales career at Sogefiltres as a Sales Engineer. Karla's educational background includes an MBA from The Open University and a degree in Bio engineering from Ghent University, complemented by executive training from Carlson Executive Education at the University of Minnesota.