3D Printing Pioneer Materialise Appoints Brigitte de Vet-Veithen as New CEO
October 26 2023 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
Fried Vancraen, Co-founder and CEO, to become Chairman of the
Board
Materialise NV (NASDAQ:MTLS), a global leader in 3D printing
software and services, today announced that the company’s Board of
Directors has appointed Brigitte de Vet-Veithen as Chief Executive
Officer. Brigitte de Vet-Veithen will succeed Fried Vancraen, who
co-founded Materialise in 1990 and has served as the company’s CEO
for 33 years. Mr. Vancraen will continue to represent Materialise
as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors. The leadership
transition will become effective on January 1, 2024, as part of the
management changes described below.
“We founded Materialise with a mission to create a better and
healthier world,” said Mr. Vancraen. “Thirty-three years later, the
company has reached an ideal point to bring in new leadership to
take us into the future. This transition represents an evolution of
leadership, not a departure. I am proud of what we have
accomplished through our efforts to improve and save patient lives
and to advance the industrial production process with innovative 3D
printing solutions. Brigitte has the perfect combination of
internal and external experience and has demonstrated a deep
commitment to Materialise’s mission and its people. I cannot think
of a better person than Brigitte to lead Materialise and to help
shape our industry going forward.”
Brigitte de Vet-Veithen is a seasoned business leader with over
30 years of experience across multiple industries. She joined
Materialise in 2016 and is currently Executive Vice President of
Materialise Medical, which develops software and 3D printing
solutions that help improve patient outcomes. Under her leadership,
the medical segment grew to become the company’s fastest-growing
and most profitable business segment.
“It will be an honor to lead Materialise, a company that helped
create and continues to shape the 3D printing industry,” Mrs. de
Vet-Veithen said. “As we take this step, I celebrate our roots as
3D printing pioneers, but I am even more excited about our role as
pioneers of tomorrow’s possibilities. As 3D printing establishes
itself as an essential tool in the production toolbox, Materialise
is ideally positioned to capitalize on the tremendous opportunities
ahead and to continue driving the growth of our industry.”
Before joining Materialise, Mrs. de Vet-Veithen held various
senior management roles at Johnson & Johnson. She was a
consultant in the technology industry and led several companies
through growth and transformation, including in her role as CEO of
Acertys Group. She holds a Master of Business Administration with a
Major in Engineering from HEC Liege and an MBA from INSEAD.
Mr. Vancraen and Mrs. Ingelaere founded Materialise in 1990 with
a revolutionary idea to develop 3D printing solutions to solve
real-world challenges across a wide range of industries. More than
three decades later, Materialise is active in 20 countries,
combining the largest group of software developers in the industry
with one of the world's largest 3D printing facilities. Materialise
became a publicly traded company in 2014 and remains the only
Belgian technology company that trades on Nasdaq.
As of January 1, 2024, Mr. Vancraen will continue to provide
strategic direction to Materialise and will represent the company
as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. In this new
role, he will succeed Peter Leys, who has been the Executive
Chairman of the Board for 10 years and will continue as a member of
the Board. Further, as of January 1, 2024, co-founder Mrs.
Ingelaere will step back from her role as Executive Vice President
and will focus on her activities as a Board member. Materialise’s
Executive Committee will continue its strategic and operational
role under the new presidency of Mrs. de Vet-Veithen.
About Materialise
Materialise incorporates more than three decades of 3D printing
experience into a range of software solutions and 3D printing
services that empower sustainable 3D printing applications. Our
open, secure, and flexible end-to-end solutions enable flexible
industrial manufacturing and mass personalization in various
industries — including healthcare, automotive, aerospace, eyewear,
art and design, wearables, and consumer goods. Headquartered in
Belgium and with branches worldwide, Materialise combines the
largest group of software developers in the industry with one of
the world's largest and most complete 3D printing facilities. For
additional information, please visit www.materialise.com
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