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ABB appoints Sandvik CEO Björn Rosengren to lead company

The Board of ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has unanimously appointed Björn Rosengren, as Chief Executive Officer. He will join ABB on February 1, 2020 and succeed CEO, Peter Voser, in this role on March 1, 2020. At that time Peter…

ABB names former Shell chairman as interim CEO

The Board of Directors of ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) announced that its CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer will step down from his role, which he has held since 2013. The Chairman of the Board, Peter Voser, will become interim CEO in addition…

Celanese names Lori Ryerkerk as new CEO

Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.; www.celanese.com) today announced that Mark Rohr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), will assume the position of Executive Chairman of Celanese’s Board of Directors. After an extensive search, the Board has selected Lori Ryerkerk to succeed…

EuroChem appoints new CEO

Eurochem Group AG (Zug, Switzerland; www.eurochemgroup.com) announced the appointment of Petter Ostbo as its Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1, 2019. Mr Ostbo, who has a proven track record in the global fertilizer industry, will take over from EuroChem Chief…

Trinseo names new CEO

Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.; www.trinseo.com) announced that Frank A. Bozich has been named President and CEO, effective March 4, 2019.   He replaces Christopher D. Pappas, who recently announced his plans to retire following his tenure as President and CEO of Trinseo…

Former Clariant executive named CEO of Locus Bio-Energy Solutions

Jon Rogers, a global oilfield executive who served in senior roles at BP and Clariant, has been named CEO of Locus Bio-Energy Solutions (www.locusbioenergy.com), a disruptive technology company whose unique biochemical-based production and drilling fluid chemistries are increasing oil production…

Vertellus names new CEO

Vertellus LLC (Indianapolis, Ind.; www.vertellus.com) announced that John Van Hulle is assuming the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective immediately. Mr. Van Hulle brings to Vertellus more than three decades of leadership experience in the specialty chemical and plastics…

Solvay announces Ilham Kadri as next CEO

The board of directors of Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium; www.solvay.com) has appointed Ilham Kadri as Chairman of the Executive Committee, member of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Group,  with effect from March 1, 2019. On that date,…

GEA Group names new CEO

The Supervisory Board of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.gea.com) has appointed Stefan Klebert to the company’s Executive Board with effect from November 15, 2018. On February 18, 2019, he will succeed the long-serving CEO, Jürg Oleas (60), who is…

DowDuPont announces senior leadership appointments

DowDuPont (www.dow-dupont.com) announced the senior leaders of the independent companies that will be created following the separation of its Agriculture (Corteva Agriscience) and Specialty Products (DuPont) Divisions, which is expected to occur by  June 1, 2019. In addition, the company…