Willem De Vos was appointed Chief Executive officer of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) in 2012.

De Vos was born in Belgium and recieved an engineering degree in polymer chemistry form industriele Hogeschool CTL in Gent, Belgium, and an executive MBA form the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School.

De Vos began his career in 1991, assuming technical and sales positions at Eurocompound, a supplier of the textile and automotive industries. He then managed compounding and processing units of Recticel, an international producer of polyurethane automotive components. De Vos supervised plants in Belgium and Detroit, Michigan. He was then director of Recticel Interior Solutions, based in germany, where he was responsible for several European and Asian car brands, and he set up Recticel's first plant in China.

Before joining SPE, De Vos was CEO of Vitalo Group, a global supplier of plastic packaging and thermoformed products. At Vitalo, De Vos oversaw worldwide factories and sales offices.

See:

'SPE Names Willem De Vos its New Chief Executive Officer," Plastics Engineering (February 2012), 4.