Hans Van Bylen serves as Chair of the Board, as well as of the Company’s Remuneration and Nomination Committee.

Hans Van Bylen, formerly CEO of Henkel, brings Ontex his deep knowledge of the industrial and consumer goods sector and a wide breadth of experience spanning the FMCG industry, retail brand space, manufacturing and supply chain, digitalization, sustainability and leadership development.

Hans Van Bylen previously served on the Boards of GfK, Ecolab, the Consumer Goods Forum, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and has been president of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI). Moreover, he has also been member of the European Round Table for Industry (ERT). In addition, Mr. Van Bylen is also a Board member at Etex, Lanxess and AkzoNobel.