Christophe Sykes is Director General of Construction Products Europe. An experienced EU public affairs professional, Christophe has been working for various Brussels-based European non-profit associations since 2003. He started his EU career with the raw material industry and was then invited to re-launch a construction product association. Having successfully expanded this organisation and its corresponding network, in 2012 Christophe was invited to bring Construction Products Europe to a position of European public affairs eminence. Christophe has extensive experience organising and chairing workshops and debates, with the ability to address a wide range of audiences. As the Director General of Construction Products Europe, Christophe’s main tasks are to identify, analyse, report, and help define industry positions vis-à-vis EU legislative initiatives. He accomplishes this through the development and execution of public affairs strategies, network development, coalition-building, and management of the secretariat. Christophe co-chairs the Construction 2050 Alliance that he helped set up in 2019, and the EU Manufacturers Information Hub (MIH) that will help manufacturers with their data sharing needs.