Sander Defruyt is in charge of strategy and thought leadership for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Plastics initiative. The initiative brings together key stakeholders across the globe to rethink and redesign the future of plastics - including through its Global Commitment, network of Plastics Pacts and the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty. He has a background in mechanical engineering and prior to working at the Foundation, worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company.