Biography

Mr. Vanlancker is managing director of Aliaxis SA, a manufacturer of plastic piping systems for buildings, infrastructure, and industry since 2024, where he has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2020 and served as Chairman of the Board from September 2024 to January 2025. Mr. Vanlacker was Chief Executive Officer and a Director of AkzoNobel NV, a multinational paints and coatings company, from 2017 until his retirement in 2022. Prior to joining AkzoNobel, Mr. Vanlancker was President of Fluoroproducts and the EMEA region at The Chemours Company, a global provider of performance chemicals, from 2015 to 2016, and from 1988 to 2015 held various positions within the chemicals company Dupont. Mr. Vanlancker has been a member of the Board of Directors of SIKA AG, a Swiss multinational specialty chemical company that supplies to the building sector and motor vehicle industry, since 2019 and has been Chairman of the Board since April 2024. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Stahl, a leading provider of specialty coatings and treatments for flexible substrates, from April 2024 to December 2024, and a member of the Board of Directors of Etex NV, a manufacturer of building materials, from 2021 to December 2024. Mr. Vanlancker received his MSc Chemical Engineering from the University of Ghent, Belgium.