Nico Gerardu (Dutch) studied Chemistry at the Eindhoven Technical University
and Business Administration at Hasselt University (Belgium).
He started his career with DSM in 1975 as Chemical Engineer in DSM’s
Engineering Department. He held a number of management positions in various
parts of DSM (Stamicarbon, Plastic Products Division, Polymers Division and
DSM Andeno). In 1996 he went to Linz (Austria) as Business Unit Director DSM
Chemie Linz in Austria. From 2000 till January 2006 he was Business Group
Director DSM Anti-Infectives in Delft, the Netherlands. Nico became a member
of the Managing Board of Directors as of April 2006.
Supervisory directorships held:
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member of the Supervisory Board voestalpine Polynorm NV
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chairman of the Supervisory Board Holland Colours N.V.
nicolaas.gerardu@dsm.com