Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> April 3, 2000

Tim Hutton – Coil Sa (coil.ln)

TIM HUTTON is the Chief Executive Officer of Coil SA, a Belgian Company, quoted on the Nouveau Marche of the Paris Stock Exchange. Coil is a provider of high value added niche surface treatment services to the aluminium flat rolled products industry. Educated in the UK at Charterhouse and Reading University, Mr Hutton is a Bachelor of Law and a qualified solicitor. In 1978, he joined London law firm , Denton Hall & Burgin. In 1982, he joined Continental Bank, where he spent nine years in corporate finance in London and Paris. In 1992, Mr Hutton and his partner, Charles van der Haegen, led the management buy-out of Coil and its IPO in 1996. Mr Hutton took over as Chief Executive in February 2000. Profile
TWST: Can you start off with a bit of a background summary on the

company, and then bring us up to date as to what you see as your

business and company today.

Mr. Hutton: Coil was started in