Reinier Schlatmann
Regional Managing Director of East Europe, DS Smith
Reinier is an experienced executive, who spent over 20 years in multiple industries including healthcare, lighting, consumer goods and building materials as well as paper, packaging and recycling. With a diverse background in marketing, sales, manufacturing, finance, M&A, general management and being member of multiple supervisory boards, Reinier successfully lead organizations undergoing significant change overseeing a cumulative of 40 countries while living in 7 across 3 continents.
Since May 2021, Reinier is Regional Managing Director for DS Smith in East Europe managing over 50 manufacturing locations and 11 design centres with a team of approximately 8,000 employees. Previously, he worked at Philips in different leadership roles, most recently as CEO of Central & Easter Europe.
He is 50 years old and graduated from the Erasmus University Rotterdam with a master’s degree in Business Economics. He also completed Rotterdam School of Management, Wharton Business School, MIT, and INSEAD.