
Leadership
Hari Kumar
Chief Executive Officer
Hari Kumar, was appointed as president of Greif FPS in March 2016 and CEO after the transition to FPS in April 2022
During his 12-year career at Greif, Hari was part of the Executive Leadership Team and served in a number of leadership roles with expanding responsibilities such as VP Transformation and Greif Business Systems, VP Portfolio Optimization, VP FPS for APAC and Director Program Management Office.
Prior to joining FPS, he served in the Global Mergers and Acquisitions practice at Deloitte Consulting, Practice Head Mergers and Acquisitions at Wipro Consulting, with Eaton Corporation, in their Business Development group and Head of US sales and General Manager with a leading US based toy manufacturer.
Rob Videler
Chief Financial Officer
Rob Videler joined as Chief Financial Officer since in January 2021 and has 25 years of industry experience.
Prior to FPS he worked as ES Finance Leader EMEA and APAC region at Actuant, Global Finance & IT Leader at Power-Packer Group, Global Finance & IT Director at Power-Packer Auto & Truck/Medical and VP Finance EMEA & Far East at IDEX Corporation.
Stephan Leferink
VP Sales
Stephan Leferink joined FPS in 2011 as Regional Commercial Director he has 25 years of industrial packaging experience (paper sacks, foils, special liners, FIBC’s). His previous roles include Product Manager at Asepsyma Systemverpackungen and Head of Purchasing at SVD Verpackungen GMBH.
Wolfgang Lehmann
VP Operations
Wolfgang Lehmann joined FPS in 2010 with the acquisition of Storsack and has 25 years of industry experience including plastic recycling. Before joining FPS, served as CEO ASIA for Storsack Holding and CEO Daco Holdings Hong Kong.
Cem Aksoy
Vice President, Human Resources, Legal and Compliance
Cem Aksoy joined FPS in January 2018 and has made significant contributions over the past eight years. He initially led the Legal function in Turkey and later assumed additional responsibility for Strategy. Since April 2022, he has served as our Global Director of Legal and Compliance, providing strong leadership and guidance across our worldwide operations. Prior to joining FPS, he spent many years as Legal Manager in multinational companies.
Chris Poole
Vice President UK & IR, Global 1Loop and Sustainability
Chris Poole has 40 years of FIBC industry experience and has been with FPS since its formation; he is General Manager of the FPS Flexibles UK & FPS Flexibles Ireland entities and is head of sustainability at FPS. He is the current president of the EFIBCA industry association. In his previous roles within the FIBC industry, he served as UK Sales Director, Regional Commercial Director and various technical roles.
Laurent Platon
Vice President, Growth
Laurent Platon joined FPS in 2010 and has 20 years of experience in the flexible packaging industry on multiple Commercial and Leadership roles (Account Manager, Global Key Account Manager, Commercial Director, General Manager including local operations and Vice President, Growth.)
Murat Acar
Vice President, Asia Operations
Murat Acar was appointed Vice President of Asia Operations at FPS, bringing 26 years of expertise in the Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container (FIBC) industry. Murat joined FPS in 2011 and has been based in China since 2007, where he has played a pivotal role in developing customers and expanding FPS’s footprint in the Asia region.