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Hari Kumar<\/h5>\n
CEO<\/h6>\nHari Kumar,\u00a0was appointed as president of Greif FPS in March 2016 and CEO after the transition to FPS in April 2022\n\nDuring his 12 year career at Greif, Hari was part of the Executive Leadership Team and served in a number of leadership roles with expanding responsibilities such as\u00a0VP\u00a0Transformation\u00a0and\u00a0Greif\u00a0Business\u00a0Systems, VP Portfolio Optimization, VP FPS for APAC and Director Program Management Office.\n\nPrior to joining FPS , he served\u00a0 in the Global Mergers and Acquisitions practice at Deloitte Consulting, Practice Head Mergers and Acquisitions at Wipro Consulting, with Eaton Corporation, in their Business Development group and Head of US sales and General Manager with a leading US based toy manufacturer.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Rob<\/b> Videler<\/b><\/h5>\n
CFO<\/h6>\nRob Videler joined as Chief Financial Officer since in January 2021 and has 25 years of industry experience.\n\nPrior to FPS he worked as ES Finance Leader EMEA and APAC region at Actuant, Global Finance & IT Leader at Power-Packer Group, Global Finance & IT Director at Power-Packer Auto & Truck\/Medical and VP Finance EMEA & Far East at IDEX Corporation.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Ajda Ayvat<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Head of People and Culture<\/h6>\n

Ajda joined FPS in October 2024 as the Head of People and Culture and brings over 27 years of experience in human resources. Before joining FPS, Ajda worked in large manufacturing and technology companies such as GE, Goodyear, and BASF, as well as in smaller, privately held family-owned businesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Stephan Leferink<\/b><\/h5>\n
VP Sales<\/h6>\n

Stephan Leferink joined FPS in 2011 as Regional Commercial Director he has 25 years of industrial packaging experience (paper sacks, foils, special liners, FIBC\u2019s). His previous roles include Product Manager at Asepsyma Systemverpackungen and Head of Purchasing at SVD Verpackungen GMBH.<\/p>\n

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Wolfgang Lehmann<\/b><\/h5>\n
VP Operations<\/h6>\n

Wolfgang Lehmann joined FPS in 2010 with the acquisition of Storsack and has 25 years of industry experience including plastic recycling. Before joining FPS, served as CEO ASIA for Storsack Holding and CEO Daco Holdings Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

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Laurent Platon<\/b><\/h5>\n
Vice President, Growth<\/h6>\n

Laurent Platon joined FPS in 2010 and has 20 years of experience in the flexible packaging industry on multiple Commercial and Leadership roles (Account Manager, Global Key Account Manager, Commercial Director, General Manager including local operations and Vice President, Growth.)<\/p>\n

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Chris Poole<\/b><\/h5>\n
General Manager of the UK and Ireland business and the FPS Global Head of Sustainability<\/h6>\n

Chris Poole has 40 years of FIBC industry experience and has been with FPS since its formation; he is General Manager of the FPS Flexibles UK & FPS Flexibles Ireland entities and is head of sustainability at FPS. He is the current president of the EFIBCA industry association. In his previous roles within the FIBC industry, he served as UK Sales Director, Regional Commercial Director and various technical roles.<\/p>\n

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Murat Acar<\/b><\/h5>\n
Vice President, Asia Operations<\/h6>\n

Murat Acar was appointed Vice President of Asia Operations at FPS, bringing 26 years of expertise in the Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (FIBC) industry. Murat joined FPS in 2011 and has been based in China since 2007, where he has played a pivotal role in developing customers and expanding FPS\u2019s footprint in the Asia region.<\/p>\n

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