Vincent Dujardin
Vincent Dujardin is chief executive officer of AZA Battery, a role he took up in December 2025, and is based in Waterloo. Since May 2026 he has also been president of the board of Calcaires de la Sambre, and since 2024 he has been an investor and president at AJN Consulting and an advisory board member at Accelerant Consulting.
Between April 2024 and June 2025 he was CTO at Lhoist, and in 2023 he served as president of Advanced Refractories at Vesuvius and as a board member of easylZinc. From May 2017 to August 2022 he was president and chief executive officer of EverZinc.
His earlier career was largely spent with the Lhoist group. He joined Lhoist Europe as an industrial analyst in 1993 and moved to Lhoist Benelux, then held production management roles at Lhoist Industrie, was technical director of Lhoist Russia and of Rheinkalk GmbH, held vice-president and managing director positions at Lhoist North America from 2008 to 2014, and was VP and managing director of Lhoist Western Europe until February 2016. He was also plant manager at Carrières et Fours à Chaux de Dugny-sur-Meuse and a business coach at Faxe Kalk, and began his career as quarry deputy manager at Carrières et Fours à Chaux de Dumont-Wautier in 1991.
He studied civil engineering in mechanics and electricity at the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve from 1986 to 1991 and attended INSEAD in 2013 and 2014.
Career
- Calcaires de la SambrePresident of the BoardMay 2026 – Present
AZA BatteryChief Executive OfficerDec 2025 – Present
- Accelerant ConsultingAdvisory Board MemberJan 2024 – Present
- AJN ConsultingInvestor & PresidentMar 2024 – Present
- LhoistCTOApr 2024 – Jun 2025
- easylZincBoard MemberMar 2023 – Nov 2023
- VesuviusPresident Advanced RefractoriesApr 2023 – Nov 2023
- EverZincPresident and Chief Executive OfficerMay 2017 – Aug 2022
- LhoistVP & Managing Director Lhoist Western EuropeMar 2014 – Feb 2016
- Lhoist North AmericaVP Technical Manufacturing & MD East RegionFeb 2013 – Feb 2014
- Lhoist North AmericaVP Technical Manufacturing & MD West regionApr 2009 – Jan 2013
- Lhoist North AmericaVP Manufacturing ServicesJan 2008 – Mar 2009
- Rheinkalk GmbHTechnical DirectorAug 2006 – Jan 2008
- Lhoist RussiaTechnical DirectorDec 2004 – Jul 2006
- Carrières et Fours à Chaux de Dugny-sur-MeusePlant ManagerMar 2002 – Feb 2006
- Faxe KalkBusiness CoachAug 2000 – Feb 2002
- Lhoist IndustrieProduction ManagerJul 2000 – Feb 2002
- Lhoist IndustrieKilns Production ManagerJun 1998 – Jun 2000
- Lhoist BeneluxIndustrial Analyst and CoordinatorMay 1994 – May 1998
- Lhoist EuropeIndustrial AnalystNov 1993 – Apr 1994
- Carrières et Fours à Chaux de Dumont-WautierQuarry Deputy ManagerOct 1991 – Oct 1993
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