Leadership

Hari Kumar

CEO

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

CFO

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.

Nilüfer Arıdil

Global HR Director

Nilüfer Arıdil Joined FPS in September 2016 and was appointed as EMEA HR Director of FPS in the beginning of 2021. She has 24 years of experience in multiple HR related functions across different industries, including logistics, retail and manufacturing.

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.

Laurent Platon

GM South Europe & Global Key Accounts

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)