François was graduated in Fine Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA) of Rouen in 1992, with a specialization in High Technicality Polymers. He worked all his career in the plastic industry in the fields of compounding, sheet and blown film extrusion, servicing the Automotive, Aerospace, Leisure and Building and Construction markets. He entered the PET recycling world in 2014 when joining Indorama Ventures as Plant Manager of the Wellman France Recyclage site located in Verdun (France). Today he is the Head of Recycling Operation for Europe, taking care of the 7 recycling plants they operate today in the region, converting 160kt of PCR bottles and 8kt of PCR trays into high quality flakes and rPET chips.