Andrew Gaule talks to Rob van Leen, chief innovation officer at Royal DSM

Give us a brief introduction to yourself and your current role as a member of the executive committee at DSM?

I am a biochemist, a PhD in molecular biology, and while I was working got an MBA, so I have both a scientific and a business background in terms of education. I started with a biotech company in the Netherlands, had several roles both in R&D as well as in businesses and was taken over by DSM in 1998. I…