Mr Herben (born 1963) has served as Executive Vice President Corporate Innovation since June 2016. He served as VP R&D and Innovation 2010-2016. Prior to joining Yara Mr Herben was Vice President Product and Application development at LyondellBasell Industries 2007-2010. Before this he held a series of R&D, commercial and management positions at Basell 2000- 2006, Montell 1995-2000, and Shell Research 1990-1995 - all of which eventually merged into LyondellBasell Industries in 2007. Mr Herben holds a Master’s degree in Bio-Engineering from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium.
R&D, commercial and management