Vice President and General Manager
Merchant Gases-Europe
Ivo Bols was appointed vice president and general manager, Merchant Gases-Europe, in February 2012. He is responsible for the growth and profitability of the company's Merchant Gases business in Europe.
Mr. Bols joined Air Products in 1988 as a financial analyst and in 1990 became the European helium marketing manager. Mr. Bols moved to France in 1992 where he was named district general manager and then regional sales manager, Air Products France, South. In 1995 he was appointed business development manager, followed by European marketing manager, General Industries. Mr. Bols was named European marketing manager, Fabrication Industries, in 1996, and in 1999 he moved to Germany as general manager, Merchant Gases Germany. Mr. Bols later became general manager, Northern Continent and Packaged Gases and was appointed vice president, Northern Continent and Global Packaged Gases Center of Excellence in 2003. In 2007 Mr. Bols was transferred to Singapore where he held the position of vice president and general manager, Merchant Gases–Asia, and in 2011 he relocated to the U.S. where he was appointed vice president and general manager, Global Liquid Bulk, Generated Gases and Helium.
Mr. Bols was born in 1961 in Tilburg, Netherlands. He received a degree as a bio-engineer in 1983 from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, and an M.B.A. in 1985, specializing in operations research, finance and marketing.
2/2012
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