Piet Van Der Slikke

Biography

Piet van der Slikke, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IMCD, is a Dutch national. He holds a law degree from the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He started his career as an attorney at law at the law firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in 1981 and practiced law in The Hague, Amsterdam and New York. In 1988 Mr Van der Slikke became General Counsel of Rotterdam-based Dutch conglomerate Internatio-Müller and in 1993 he was appointed as Group Director. As of 1995, when Internatio-Müller aggregated a number of chemical distribution businesses into a single division, Mr Van der Slikke, joined by Mr Kooijmans in 1996 started to build up the chemical distribution activities inside Internatio-Müller, designed its strategy and executed its business plan, creating the Group as it stands today. Ancillary positions: Mr Van der Slikke holds various board positions within the Group. He was Chairman at VHCP (Verbond van Handelaren in Chemische Producten) between March 2006 and May 2013.

Research Interest

IMCD is a leading company in sales, marketing and distribution of speciality chemicals and food ingredients. Representing major global producers, our sales people are market focused technical experts who offer solutions for customers’ problems utilising our comprehensive and complementary product portfolio. We provide our partners with optimum tailored solutions for multi-territory distribution management in EMEA, Asia-Pacific and Americas. Through our people, their expertise and the creation of open and lasting partnerships, IMCD is able to provide advice on formulation, production process and application, thus generating unrivalled growth for our partners. Headquartered in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, IMCD had a turnover of EUR 1,715 M in 2016 and employs over 1,800 professionals in more than 40 countries.