ANTONIO PROTOPAPA
COREPLA
Born in 1959 he holds a Master Degree as Chemical Engineer from the University “Politecnico di Torino”. Entered in Eni Group in 1986, in the elastomers business, he has covered several roles in Technical Service and Commercial Departments both in Italy and abroad (UK and Hungary). From 2008 to 2012 he has been back in Italy as the Polymers Commercial Director for Polimeri Europa SpA. The 1st of July 2012 he became the Chairman and Managing Director of Polimeri Europa Benelux (today Versalis International) based in Brussel and responsible for the coordination of the commercial and administrative activities for the EMEA Region of Versalis.
He has been member of the Steering Committee of Plastics Europe and of Petrochemicals Europe both Associations based in Brussel.
In February 2017 he joined COREPLA (Italian Consortium for the collection and recycling of household plastic packaging waste) as R&D Director. Since January 2021 he has been appointed as Director of Operations with a budget of 700 Mn Euro based in Milan.
