Dirk Carrez is the Executive Director of the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC). BIC represents the private sector in a public-private partnership (PPP) with the European Commission, known as the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU).
Dirk Carrez is a bioengineer and holds a PhD in Agricultural Sciences. He has worked at SOLVAY in the research department, at the Belgian Federation for the Life Sciences and Chemical Industry as Director of Innovation & Product Policy, and as Secretary-General of the Belgian Biotechnology Industry Association, and has been Director of Industrial Biotechnology at EuropaBio.
Dirk Carrez is also the Managing Director of Clever Consult and a member of several European and national advisory bodies in the area of the bio-based economy.