Philippe Roodhooft

Philippe Roodhooft was appointed Executive Vice President Joint Ventures and Growth Projects in November 2017.

He first joined Neste Chemicals in 1990 as a project engineer in Beringen, Belgium. After the merger with Statoil he became responsible for plant management in Borealis Kallo and later on in Beringen. He moved to Vienna, Austria in 2007 and since then fulfilled several senior management positions as General Manager for the Central European production sites, Senior Vice President Operations for the Borealis group of companies and Senior Vice President Supply Chain and Product Management for Polyolefins. In 2013 Philippe moved to Borouge ADP in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as Chief Operating Officer.

He holds a Master degree Cum Laude in Applied Science from the “Katholieke Universiteit Leuven”, Belgium with a specialisation in Production Management and Electro Mechanical Engineering. Philippe was born in 1963 and is a Belgian citizen. He is married, has 2 children and lives in Vienna, Austria