Event

Fecc-ICIS CEO Roundtables 2025

16.06.2025

4th Fecc-ICIS CEO Virtual Roundtables
Co-organiser: ICIS
Location: Online
16 June 2025 | Session I: 11:00-12:00 & Session II: 14:00-15:00 CET
This event is free and open to everyone.

On 16 June  2025, the fourth edition of the roundtables with CEOs from Fecc member companies will be organised in a virtual format. Following the success of the previous editions in 2023 and 2022, this special highlight, which will be organised by Fecc and co-hosted by ICIS, will be moderated by the long-standing ICIS journalist Will Beacham and animated by an unparalleled line-up of CEOs.

The session topics are as follows:

Session I (11:00 – 12:00 CET): Chemical distribution. Register here

  • Demand and supply trends
  • Expectations for the rest of 2025
  • European chemical production developments
  • Upcoming changes in chemical distribution

The CEOs participating in this roundtable are (in alphabetical order):

  • Evy Hellinckx, CEO EMEA at Azelis
  • Laurent Pasqualini, CEO Manuchar
  • Steven Terwindt, CEO Caldic
  • Ewout Van Jarwaarde, CEO Brenntag Essentials
  • Lars Wallstein, Fecc President, Managing Director IMCD Deutschland
  • Peter Wilkes, Board Member at Biesterfeld

Session II (14:00 – 15:00 CET): On chemical value-chain developments. Register here

  • Trade war/tariff impact along value chains
  • China as a gamechanger
  • Macroeconomic trends
  • Value chain resilience
  • Key trends

The CEOs participating in this roundtable are (in alphabetical order):

  • Joris Coppye, CEO Solevo Group
  • Pieter De Graeff, Commercial & Business Development Manager at Noord Natie Odfjell Antwerp Terminal
  • Patrick Hore, Global Vertical Head of Chemicals at A.P. Moller – Maersk
  • Thomas Ries, Head of Channel Management at Evonik
  • Lars Schneider, CEO EMEA Barentz