Mr. Philippe Ryckaert serves as Group Vice President of OCI focused on Business Development & Investments. Mr. Ryckaert joined OCI in 2014 and since joining has held various other leadership positions focused on the group’s strategic initiatives and operational improvements. Prior to joining OCI, he worked as a lawyer for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York and London providing advisory services on M&A, capital markets, fund-formation and taxation of financial instruments. He also served as the Secretary General of the Belgium Chamber of Commerce in New York from 2011 to 2012. Mr. Philippe holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from INSEAD, France; an LLM in Law from New York University, USA; and a JD from Ghent University, Belgium. He is a Belgian and British citizen.