David De Schutter

Global Vice President, GITEC at Anheuser-Busch InBev

Antwerp Metropolitan Area

About

GITEC (Global Innovation & Technology Center) is based in Leuven, Belgium, the Home of Stella Artois. Within, a diverse team of more than 100 scientists and engineers from more than 20 different nationalities are working together to Innovate for a Future With More Cheers. Together with a vast network of partners they collaborate to develop new beverages and packages, while constantly improving brewing and packaging processes to create a more sustainable production process, higher quality and products that consumers like most.

Experience

  • Anheuser-Busch InBev (13 yrs 10 mos)
    • Global Vice President, GITEC
      May 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

    • ZITEC Director Europe
      Dec 2017 - Apr 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    • Global Director Technology Transformation & Process Development
      Jul 2016 - Nov 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Board Member at revyve
    May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Procter & Gamble (3 yrs 8 mos)
    • Senior R&D Process Engineer
      Jan 2012 - Aug 2012 · 8 mos

      Process Delivery Leader in CEEMEA and South-East Asia for Hand Dish Liquids / Process Design for expansion programs

    • R&D Recruiting Leader Belgium
      Sep 2009 - Aug 2012 · 3 yrs

    • R&D Process Engineer
      Jan 2009 - Dec 2011 · 3 yrs

      Global R&D Process Development of Hand Dish Washing liquids

  • K.U.Leuven (4 yrs)
    • Post-doctoral researcher
      Nov 2008 - Dec 2008 · 2 mos

      Further investigation of the influence of thermal load on the flavour stability of beer

    • PhD Research Engineer
      Jan 2005 - Nov 2008 · 3 yrs 11 mos

      The influence of thermal load during wort boiling on the flavour stability of beer

  • Project Engineer at BRISK N.V. (Brewing Innovation, Services & Know-How) - a spin-off company K.U.Leuven
    Jan 2004 - Dec 2004 · 1 yr

    Development of innovative technologies in the beer industry Beer Product Development Management and maintenance of a 5 hl pilot brewery Organization of Professional Beer Tasting Course Main project: continuous fermentation of beer with immobilized yeast (IWT KMO-Innovation Project 040262)