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NV Bekaert SA
Company typeNaamloze vennootschap / Société anonyme
EuronextBEKB
ISINBE0974258874 Edit this on Wikidata
IndustryManufacturing, chemicals
FoundedZwevegem, Belgium (1880 (1880))
HeadquartersKortrijk,
Belgium
Key people
ProductsSteel wire, steel cord
Brands
  • Dramix
  • Motto
  • Gaucho
Revenue€5 billion (2019)[1]
Number of employees
28,000 (mid 2020)[1]
Websitebekaert.com

N.V. Bekaert S.A. (Euronext Brussels: BEKB) is a global company with headquarters in Belgium, employing 28,000 people worldwide. Its primary business is steel wire transformation and coatings. Operating in 45 countries, Bekaert generated combined sales of €5.1 billion in 2019.[2]

Organisation

Board

The Board of Directors is the company's supreme decision-making body in all matters other than those in respect of which decision-making powers are reserved to the General Meeting of Shareholders by law or the articles of association.[3] The Board of Directors delegates its management and operational authority to the Bekaert Group Executive. The main task of the Board is to determine the company's general policy and supervise its activities.

The Board of Directors has 13 members :

  1. Jürgen Tinggren (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
  2. Oswald Schmid (Chief Executive Officer ad interim)
  3. Gregory Dalle
  4. Henriette Fenger Ellekrog
  5. Charles de Liedekerke
  6. Christophe Jacobs van Merlen
  7. Hubert Jacobs van Merlen
  8. Colin P. Smith
  9. Eriikka Söderström
  10. Caroline Storme
  11. Emilie van de Walle de Ghelcke
  12. Henri Jean Velge
  13. Mei Ye

References

  1. ^ a b "Annual results 2018". Bekaert.
  2. ^ "Bekaert Annual Report | AR 2019". annualreport.bekaert.com. Retrieved 2020-07-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Board". Bekaert. Retrieved 2019-07-18.