Senior Consultant Environmental, Bio Data: Rene KUILBOER

Rene Kuilboer. Ing-Chem.Engineering. born in the Netherlands in 1939 has spent his career as an environmental consultant in the European industry. The last 12 years he was the environmental manager of the Reynolds aluminium processing plants in Europe.

He worked as a dedicated environmental engineer:

• To improve existing processes and obtain a win-win situation with regards to the environmental effects.
• To introduce environmental management systems. E.g. ISO 9001 and ISO 14000.
• In development of energy-saving and management systems.
• Making sustainability a living concept for industry.

Education and Skills

Rene holds a degree in Chem. Engineer (Ing.) and has obtained an honours degree in biological–engineering. He strongly believes that besides upgrading of products and processes, change management processes contribute to restoring and rejuvenation of industries.

He speaks Dutch, English, German and basic French.

Career Retrospective.

1963-1966 R+D - Flavour and Fragrances.       

• Development of GLC-detection cell system.

1966-1971 Process Engineering- Food industry.                                                                       

• Upgrading processes and minimising emissions.
• Development of a biological treatment-process of excess-process flows.(Single-cell recovery system).

1971-1993 Environmental consultant-European industry.
(Food-,Metal-,Pulp-and paper-,Chemical-,and Pharmaceutical industry.)

• Processes redesign
• Emission reduction/ treatment
• Development of Integrated biological treatment systems   e.g Anaerobic+aerobic +co-energy plant.
• Development and implementation of Environmental Management systems (ISI 9001 and ISO 14000).

1993-2005 Environmental-manager Reynolds aluminium processing plants in Europe.

• Processes redesign; emission reduction.
• Remediation soil pollution.
• Introduction and implementation of Environmental management system
• Development and introduction of the concept of sustainability.

Areas of Expertise

Management Consultancy

Translation

Arbitration and Mediation

Environmental Services