Room: King Willem Alexander
Date: Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Time: 10:20 - 11:30 CEST
Opening Addresses
Speaker
Tom VAN AKEN
Avantium, THE NETHERLANDS
Biography
Tom van Aken is Avantium’s CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and a member of the Management Board. Tom joined Avantium in 2002 as Vice President of Business Development. After becoming Vice President Global Marketing and Sales in 2004, he was appointed CEO the following year. Prior to joining Avantium, Tom was Business Development Director at DSM Fine Chemicals, Inc. Tom holds a master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Utrecht (the Netherlands).
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