Philippe Panis is Senior Vice President of Solvay Information Services. Headquartered in Brussels (Belgium) and with significant operations in Europe, U.S., South America and Asia, Solvay is a Chemical and Pharmaceutical Group. As the Head of the Infrastructure Business Support Center, Mr. Panis is responsible for delivering infrastructure services to more than 20000 internal customers at the agreed service levels. Prior to his current role, Mr. Panis has occupied several positions in IT departments of industrial groups, mainly in the Business Applications area, including roles in Asia and Africa. Mr. Panis received a degree of Civil Engineer in Applied Mathematics from the Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium).