Press release
Recticel Group Announces Leadership Transition
Jan Vergote to transition from CEO to Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and Stefaan Debusschere to become Recticel Group CEO
Today, Recticel Group announces that Stefaan Debusschere, currently CEO of the Recticel Insulation Boards Division, is transitioning to Chief Executive Officer of the Recticel Group. At the same time, Jan Vergote, current Chief Executive Officer, will assume the role of Executive Chairman of Recticel Group. In order to allow and support these changes, Wim Dejonghe will step down as Chairman and will leave the Board of Directors after almost 2 years of service in a period of strategic reorientation and above-market growth.
The above changes take effect on 2 March 2026. As Stefaan Debusschere, Jan Vergote and Wim Dejonghe, have been working closely together over the past months, this transition is well prepared.
Wim Dejonghe:
“This leadership evolution comes at a time where Recticel will further accelerate the execution of its strategic growth agenda to double the company’s size and profitability in its core mission of providing smart building insulation solutions. I am convinced that Stefaan’s entire leadership team, and Jan as our incoming Executive Chairman are ready and highly motivated to achieve the plan.”
Jan Vergote:
“Our ambition is to build a smart building insulation group capable of outperforming the market. With revenue and adjusted EBITDA growth of respectively 23% and 42% over the last 2 years, and with the recent acquisitions and greenfields, we are ready for the next step. I will actively support Stefaan and his team to accelerate the development of our strategic agenda.”
Stefaan Debusschere:
“Bij Recticel heb ik een leiderschapsteam gevonden dat een hoog niveau van deskundigheid combineert met een echte ondernemingszin. Ik ben vastbesloten om de strategische agenda, het Elevate 2030âplan van de Recticel Group, te implementeren, met focus op operationele excellence, leiderschaps-betrokkenheid bij kernklanten, een sterkere aanwezigheid in downstreamâtoepassingen en een sterkere focus op de ontwikkeling van highâperformance isolatie, terwijl we een bredere geografische reikwijdte creëren.”
