Capital Markets Day 2025

Our Capital Markets Day will take place on March 27th in London from 12:30 PM to 5 PM UTC.

For physical attendees

Bart Sap was appointed Chief Executive Officer in May 2024, after serving as Executive Vice-President Catalysis from 2021 to 2024 and Senior Vice-President for Cobalt & Specialty Materials and Supply from 2020 to 2021.

He joined Umicore in 2004 as controller for Cobalt & Specialty Materials and occupied several management functions in Korea and Belgium covering finance, supply and refining of battery raw materials, business development and operations.

Bart holds a Master’s Degree in Commercial Science from Vlekho in Brussels, Belgium, with majors in Accountancy and Taxation.

Geert Olbrechts was appointed Chief Technology Officer on August 1st, 2023 and Executive Vice-President Recycling on November 18th, 2024.

Geert began his career at Umicore in 2000 and prior to his appointment as CTO and EVP Specialty Materials, he served as Senior Vice President Research & Technology and Supply at Umicore’s Automotive Catalysts (AC) business unit, having held different functions in controlling and product management in the same unit. Prior to joining AC in 2010 Geert occupied different positions in Research & Development and served as operations manager in the Precious Metals Refining business unit.

Geert has a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and an Executive MBA from Belgium’s Vlerick Management School.

Jensen Verhelle was appointed Executive Vice-President Catalysis on May 16th, 2024.

He joined Umicore in September 2008 and has since held positions in finance, product management, operations and R&D within several of Umicore’s business units, including Electro-Optic Materials, Cobalt Specialty Materials as well as Precious Metals Chemistry. In 2020, Jensen was appointed as Vice-President Precious Metals Chemistry. From 2023 until his appointment as ELT member, he served as Senior Vice-President Operations and Strategic Procurement of Automotive Catalysts.

Jensen holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven, and a Master in General Management from the Vlerick Business School.

Geert Olbrechts was appointed Chief Technology Officer on August 1st, 2023 and Executive Vice-President Recycling on November 18th, 2024.

Geert has a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and an Executive MBA from Belgium’s Vlerick Management School.

Veerle Slenders was appointed Executive Vice-President Specialty Materials on November 18th, 2024.

She joined Umicore in June 2023 as EVP Recycling. She has over 30 years of international experience in various operating and commercial roles and spent 28 years at Praxair/Linde, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company serving a variety of end-markets. Most recently, she served as their President of the Region Europe West and prior to that, was leading the Global Advanced Materials Technologies business after having led the global Safety, Health, Environment and Quality function through the merger integration. Veerle’s career includes periods working and living in the US, Germany, France and Belgium.

She holds a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Hasselt, Belgium, as well as a Postgraduate in Business Administration from the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

Wannes was appointed Chief Financial Officer in October 2022. He joined Umicore in 2005 and accumulated over 10 years’ experience as a controller of several business units, building up a strong expertise in financial controlling including strategic planning, introducing new systems and managing financial risk.

Subsequently Wannes held positions in general management in Belgium and France, and served as Senior Vice President for Electro-Optic Materials. Prior to Umicore, Wannes worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers in audit & advisory.

Wannes holds a Master's degree in Business Engineering from the Catholic University of Leuven and an MBA from the Vlerick Business School.

Bart holds a Master’s Degree in Commercial Science from Vlekho in Brussels, Belgium, with majors in Accountancy and Taxation.

Capital Markets Day 2025

Join our Capital Markets Day 2025

Agenda

CEO Keynote

Battery Materials

Q&A

Break

Catalysis

Recycling

Specialty Materials

Umicore Group Financials

Q&A

Closing remarks

Cocktail reception

Investor Relations team