The founder of IETHOS is Veerle Van Malderen
Education
She is a Bio-engineer in environmental technology (graduated in 2000 at UGent, Belgium)
She is a welding engineer (graduated at BIL in 2018, IWE-BE-00584)
She is Safety for Operational Supervisors (SCC) certified
Expertise
She worked for more than 20 years in and for the industry and has extended and broad management experience (change, people, process, sales, project, safety, quality control,…)
Expert in anerobic digestion and green energy (biogas) production
Expert in (industrial) wastewater treatment
Expert in nitrogen recycling
Used to work with people from different nationalities and background
Experience abroad: USA, Europe, Asia, Africa, South-America
Examples industries served: food & beverage, pulp & paper, agricultural, distilleries, chemical & petro-chemical, steel, space (e.g. Bonduelle, SAB Miller, Mondi, AB Inbev, Danone, Total Refinery Antwerp, Arcelormittal/OCAS, ESA-MELiSSA)
Teaching and coaching activities, from applied/operational to academic level
Extended research experience in wastewater treatment technology, nutrient recycling and metallurgy
All-rounder