EUROAPI announced the appointment of Ludwig de Mot as Executive Vice President (EVP) - Chief Transformation Officer. Ludwig de Mot?s roadmap will focus on accelerating the company?s transformation, including the completion and execution of the Strategic Review initiated by EUROAPI?s Board of Directors in Fourth Quarter 2023. This comprehensive review spans the entire spectrum of EUROAPI as an organization, including the assessment of its current product portfolio, cost structure, and balance sheet.

With over 30 years of experience in several industrial groups, Ludwig de Mot has held various senior executive positions in global companies. This includes his role as President and CEO of the German, North American, and later European and Asian operations of Lhoist, the global lime and mineral-based products and solutions producer, between 2006 and 2017. More recently, Ludwig de Mot served as CEO for companies undergoing transformation.

A graduate of KU Leuven University in Belgium, Ludwig de Mot, a Belgian national, worked for SCA Packaging between 1996 and 2006. He then joined Lhoist, the global lime and mineral-based products and solutions producer, where he held several executive positions in Europe, Asia, and North America until 2017. Ludwig de Mot served as Chief Executive Officer for various international companies, including ArcelorMittal Mining in Canada, McBride in the UK, Swissport in Switzerland and, more recently, Tereos in France.

Since May 2022, Ludwig de Mot has been the Chair of the Board of ESCO Couplings and Transmissions (Belgium) and is also a member of the Board of Directors of Graymont (Canada) and VPK Packaging Group (Belgium).