Jan Denneman
Vice President Sustainability, Standards & Regulations Lighting, Philips

Since 1976 he has been working for Philips Lighting in several roles within product development, business development, product management and marketing. In his current role, he manages Philips Lighting worldwide activities on standards, regulations and industry affairs. He also manages the relationships with other industries through associations and consortia.

In 2001 he became a member of the Board of Directors and President of the European Lamp Companies Federation - the major discussion partner for the European Union on all issues concerning light sources. In 2013, he was elected as Vice President of LightingEurope.

Because the huge changes in the lighting world of LEDs and Connectivity require also new approaches in standardization, he took the initiative to create new alliances like Zhaga and The Connected Lighting Alliance.

In March 2012, Jan has been elected as President of the Global Lighting Association, a cooperation between peak lighting industry associations worldwide, like CALI, NEMA, LightingEurope, ELCOMA, JLA, Lighting Council, TLFEA, ABILUX, KILT, MELA etc.