Metal Packaging Europe (MPE), a Brussels-based trade group representing the interests of producers and suppliers of rigid metal packaging in Europe, has appointed Joris Nachtergaele its secretary general.
MPE’s membership covers more than 300 manufacturing sites that employ more than 350,000 people, according to the organization.
“We are very pleased to confirm Joris’ appointment,” says Peter Lockley, chairman of MPE. “He has the skill and knowledge to ensure our industry is fully represented with the European institutions and I’m sure he will act as a committed ambassador for metal and the circular economy.”
Nachtergaele has been MPE’s director of external affairs since 2012. He previously served as deputy managing director of the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL).
“I’m excited to be appointed to lead an organization doing so much to achieve a truly circular economy in which resources can be properly managed and kept within the economy, used again and again and hence create further value,” says Nachtergaele.
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