Dabeux Industrial Consulting · Brussels

Industrial Innovation,
Transformation
& Operational
Leadership.

15+ years of experience helping chemical and industrial organisations bridge R&D, operations, digital transformation and business performance.

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Brussels · Belgium

Evidence of Impact

Measurable results across
the full industrial chain.

Figures drawn from senior leadership roles at Solvay, Syensqo and NMC.

01 Positioning

Scientific rigor, applied
where execution matters.

PhD

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Industrial R&D Leadership
  • Transformation & Scale-Up
  • Operational Excellence

François Dabeux operates at the intersection of science, industry and operational leadership, helping chemical and industrial organisations move from technical potential to measurable commercial performance.

After senior leadership roles at Solvay, Syensqo and NMC (including Group Director R&D), he has operated inside highly complex industrial environments at scale, managing international organisations of up to 1,800 people across multiple sites.

The approach is deliberately direct: diagnose the system, align the people who own it, and stay close enough to delivery to create durable momentum.

Video Introduction

Meet François and hear his approach to industrial transformation and leadership.

Scientific rigor, shop-floor pragmatism

PhD-level expertise in organic chemistry combined with 15+ years of hands-on industrial execution. He does not only design solutions. He stays close enough to delivery to make them work.

From innovation to profitability

A rare ability to connect laboratory research, industrial scale-up and commercial performance within a single intervention. Lab-to-fab is not a metaphor. It is a demonstrated track record.

Sustainable industrial ROI

Experience with circular economy, waste-to-value conversion and effluent reduction, integrating environmental accountability with measurable financial improvement.

Human-centered transformation

Strong focus on team alignment, cross-functional governance, mentoring and change adoption. Transformation does not land without the people who own it.

02 Expertise

Four areas of intervention,
one operator mindset.

François does not only advise. He enters complex environments, understands highly technical realities, and helps lead actual transformation and execution.

01

Interim Management & Site Leadership

Senior leadership to fill critical gaps, lead site transitions, and manage urgent operational or HSE situations from within.

  • Site transitions
  • Operational turnaround
  • HSE
  • Change management
02

Industrial Transformation & R&D Scale-Up

Moving innovation from laboratory to industrial scale, bridging R&D, LIMS/ELN, circular economy and commercial performance.

LabScale-UpProduction
  • R&D scale-up
  • LIMS · ELN
  • Waste-to-value
  • Industrialization
03

Operational Excellence & Digital Transformation

Structured plant assessments, bottleneck removal, yield and effluent improvement, connecting operations to measurable profitability.

  • Plant assessments
  • Yield improvement
  • Effluent reduction
  • Digital transformation
04

Strategic Consulting & Regulatory Governance

Executive advisory on strategy, CAPEX, REACH compliance, intellectual property, license-to-operate and cross-functional governance.

  • REACH compliance
  • CAPEX optimization
  • License to operate
  • Executive advisory

Proof of Impact

Lab to full
production.

Purification technology transferred to industrial production in under one year, creating more than €1M in annual value and reducing industrial effluents by 25%.

  • < 1 yearLab to industrial production
  • €3M+Annual value generated
  • −25%Effluent reduction

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