Teus van Beek has an education at Delft University of Technology, naval architecture with specialization in ship hydromechanics.
Since 1980 he has been employed by Wärtsilä Netherlands B.V. (former Lips B.V.) in Drunen.
His experience is related to the design and applications of Marine Power Systems to all kind of vessels. Active participation in development and design projects has given him a wide overview and technical background as well as the business needs in ships’ design. Teus has been active in external commercial contacts as well and has a wide network in the shipping industry. He contributed to well over 30 technical publications on all technical levels of ship power systems.
Currently his position is General Manager Market Innovation within the Marine Solutions division at Wartsila. The Market Innovations team is set out to create and promote future concepts for the marine industry by showing thought leadership and testing the waters for new technologies and solutions.