Wiebe Schipper

Wiebe Schipper joined PureCycle Technologies in 2022 and serves as Vice President of European and Asia Pacific Operations. Mr. Schipper is responsible for leading the international team’s mission to establish and operate PureCycle’s first polypropylene recycling plants in Europe (in Antwerp port’s NextGen District, Belgium) and Asia (in IRPC’s eco-industrial zone in Rayong, Thailand and in Japan, with Mitsui). His team is also responsible for managing the commercial relationships with local and global partners that are headquartered in Europe. He represents the company in industry associations and initiatives such as Plastics Recyclers Europe and HolyGrail 2030.

Before joining PureCycle, Mr. Schipper worked at LyondellBasell and predecessor companies for 26 years in a variety of jobs, the last of which being CEO for QCP – Quality Circular Polymers, a joint-venture with Suez (later Veolia) for the mechanical recycling of polyolefins.

Mr. Schipper holds both a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering and a Professional Doctorate in Engineering from Delft University of Technology. He is based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.