Karl Rotthier is CEO of EUROAPI. With nearly three decades spent in senior management positions, he also brings to his role strong API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients) business experience.
Karl has a strong track record in carve-out and spin-off operations. At EUROAPI, he’s put together a committed management team that reflects the DNA of an efficient company: agility, and the ability to unlock its growth potential.
His international career has included positions in Europe and further afield, such as in Singapore. Karl started his career as a lawyer in Belgium and worked for BASF in Belgium and Germany leading, amongst others, the Performance Chemicals business unit of BASF in Ludwigshafen. He then joined DSM and became CEO of DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals. More recently, he was CEO of Centrient Pharmaceuticals.
Karl holds master’s degrees in Law from the University of Antwerp (Belgium) and the University of Southampton (UK), and an MBA from Vlerick Business School (Belgium).
Married and a father of two, Karl is a football, skiing and golf fan, and enjoys travel, art and music.