Feike Sijbesma (1959)
Member of the Board since July 2000, and Chairman since May 2007.
Feike Sijbesma (Dutch) studied Medical Biology at the University of Utrecht and Business Administration at Erasmus University in Rotterdam (both in the Netherlands).
In 1987, he joined the Industrial Pharmaceuticals division of Gist-brocades, where he was responsible for strategic planning and business development. From 1990 to 1993, he was the division’s Marketing and Sales Director. Thereafter he was given leadership of Savoury Ingredients, later on a business unit of Gist-brocades’ Food Specialties Division. In 1995, he was made director of that division and joined Gist-brocades’ Executive Committee. Following the acquisition by Royal DSM N.V. in 1998 he became Director of the business group DSM Food Specialties.
In 2000, Feike joined DSM’s Managing Board of Directors. He became CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board of Royal DSM N.V. on 1 May 2007.
Supervisory directorships and other positions held:
- Board member of CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council)
- Member of the Advisory Board of Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University
- Member of the Advisory Board of ECP-EPN (E-commerce Platform)
- Member of the Supervisory Board of De Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch Central Bank (with effect from 1 Sep 2012)
- Chairman of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on the Role of Business
