Anton Colpaert , President and CEO
documentation are also brought down . Paperless operations also slash the margin of error of paper documentation , improving safety , accuracy and quality .
Colpaert enthuses about Katoen Natie ’ s wider sustainability strategy , particularly in terms of the progress made with its solar panel initiative and its role in the Operation Clean Sweep programme . Thai legislation currently limits the extent of the project as surplus electricity cannot be offloaded to the national grid , but Katoen Natie is nonetheless actively pursuing a furthering of its recent 1MW installation of solar panels and thereby generating more electricity than it uses . “ In Thailand we have more than 450,000 sq m of roof surface , and at the moment we have only installed panels on around 10,000 sq m ,” says Colpaert . “ We are certainly open to further investment . Once legislation changes , we should be able to put our solar-generated electricity onto the grid .” With regards to Operation Clean Sweep , an international effort to curb the amount of plastics entering the oceans , the firm has been investing heavily in its infrastructure to mitigate the volume
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EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Anton Colpaert , President and CEO
Colpaert holds a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering , Faculty of BioScience at Ghent University . In 2004 he entered the Katoen Natie Management Trainee Programme , after which he joined the Supply Chain Engineering business unit where he acted consecutively as project manager , terminal manager , project director and VP engineering while working in four different countries . He also supported Katoen Natie ’ s ambitious growth and investment projects in North America . He then moved from Houston to Thailand to become the CEO and President of Katoen Natie Services ( Thailand ). He hopes to safeguard and contribute to the further expansion of the company while continuously raising the bar of the offered services .
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