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Speakers at this Event

Mr. Maarten Herrebrugh

CEO

Blackwood Technology B.V.

Mr. Maarten Herrebrugh

CEO

Blackwood Technology B.V.

AGENDA SESSION

Day 3 [Wed 15, May], at 04:00 PM

PROFILE

Maarten Herrebrugh is CEO and co-founder of Blackwood Technology, a Dutch torrefaction technology company. He joined Blackwood’s predecessor Topell Energy as COO in 2009 and became its CEO in 2014. In his former roles at Topell he was responsible for the successful construction and operation of the world’s first industrial-scale torrefied pellet plant.

Before entering the biomass industry, he worked as interim CEO and executed several successful turnarounds for medium-sized companies in different sectors. Earlier in his career he worked for Akzo Nobel and the Boston Consulting Group. Maarten holds a MSc degree in Aerospace engineering from Delft University of Technology and a MBA degree from MIT Sloan School of Management.