Tom Van Gyseghem at the helm of European plastic pipe manufacturers
The leading European trade association representing plastic pipe manufacturers in Europe, Teppfa, announced that Tom Van Gyseghem will join as the new president for the next two years with immediate effect.
He was nominated by the Teppfa Executive Committee and unanimously approved by the 28 members represented at the 2020 Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) held virtually on May 28.
Tom is the Chief Growth Officer and a member of the Executive Committee at Aliaxis, a global supplier of advanced plastic piping systems. He joined Aliaxis in 2005 and has held several roles including Divisional CEO Asia based in Singapore. Tom is relocating to Brussels next month to lead the marketing and innovation activities for Aliaxis.
Tom holds a Master Commercial Engineer from the University of Leuven (Belgium) and a Master in International Business from the Universitaet Konstanz (Germany) and brings to Teppfa a vast range of experience in the plastic pipe industry. Before joining Aliaxis, Tom has worked in strategy consulting and in the global automotive industry. Tom takes over from Fausto Bejarano who has retired from Aliaxis and is moving to the Americas. Tom will continue to build on the great work done in the Circular Plastics Alliance to increase the uptake of recycled content into new products.
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