Jimmy Schop MSc RA

Leading the business controlling department of the Olefins & Polyolefins Europe, Asia and International and Technology segments (~7 (in)direct reports) and the manufacturing controlling department for Europe (~20 (in)direct reports), providing overall Finance support to the business and manufacturing management teams and provide insightful analysis on the business and manufacturing performance and outlook. Responsibilities include: • (Financial) Analysis, reporting and forecasting (rolling 18 months) of monthly results • Business partnering on strategic analysis and business decision support • Leading yearly budget and long-range plan process for the segment • Drive effectiveness cross finance organization • Coordinate monthly and quarterly reporting • Participate in segment management team and Statutory Director / Board member of several legal entities (including Joint Ventures) across multiple countries.

Operational Accounting Europe - Senior Manager Financial Reporting / Finance Manager Benelux, Italy, Spain & CIS. Leading a group of (senior) financial accountants, overseeing the Benelux (including the sales principal company and finance companies), Italy, Spain and Russia responsible for the following: • Maintain a proper legal entity view in the monthly, quarterly and yearly closing process in accordance with US GAAP and IFRS, and ensure that adequate controls are run accordingly, for proper representation of legal entity performance; • Ensure that local statutory issues are addressed in the Rotterdam regional center as well as in the local sites in Europe, maintaining proper oversight of the activities performed by the retained finance groups in the countries; • Proper statutory compliance and reporting; • Review and compilation of consolidated IFRS financial statements of LYB N.V. (including quarterly reporting) • Coverage of non-standard accounting matters affecting the countries (such as VAT, pensions, FX, etc.) in close coordination with the functions directly responsible for them (e.g. Tax, Corporate Accounting, Treasury etc.); • Liaise with the external auditor with reference to the statutory audit procedures to be performed in the countries; and • Oversight over “remote” locations: Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland and Slovakia; • Hedge accounting for several currency and interest rate swaps; • Statutory director of several legal entities across multiple countries.

Leading the Accounting Policy department in Europe and as such responsible for: Dealing with complex accounting matters (US GAAP, IFRS and Dutch GAAP), drafting accounting position memos and the review and compilation of financial statements, including disclosures and all other legal or regulatory requirements of financial reporting.

Started at PwC as Junior Associate per September 2001 and promoted to Manager per September 2011. Auditor with a main focus on public interest entities and high end private companies. Involved in a large range of clients in different industries (Retail & Consumer, Production, Transport & Logistics, Trading and Construction Companies). Responsible for the planning, execution, reporting and completion of audit engagements and other assurance engagements.

Graduated for the Master degree as per July 2009 Graduated for the Post Master degree as per June 2010