Marc van Pelt

Marc Van Pelt has been with Pepperl+Fuchs since 1989 as the co-founder of Pepperl+Fuchs Belgium. In 1997 he transferred to the Pepperl+Fuchs Global Headquarters in Mannheim – Germany, to be the Director of Global Account Management. In 2005 he became the Sales Director in Process Automation, responsible for the sales and marketing activities for Western Europe and Africa. After identifying the incredible growth opportunities within Africa, Marc relocated to South Africa in 2014 to become the Managing Director and Sales Director for Pepperl+Fuchs Africa. 

Marc heads up two working groups on Industry 4.0 for the Society for Automation, Instrumentation, Mechatronics and Control (SAIMC) and the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK) in Southern Africa. Marc has also been active in the FieldComm Group for almost 14 years and currently is the Regional Manager for Africa since 2016. Marc Van Pelt is currently on the board of the SAIMC as well as being member of the SAIMC’s Supplier Advisory Council (SAC). He served as the Chairperson of the Industrial Instrumentation Group (IIG) in 2018. And for several years he was vice chairperson of the EU Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Southern Africa.