From April 1, 2016, Torsten Derr (46), currently head of the Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) Board of Management’s Commercial & Supply Chain Excellence Initiative, will take over as head of Saltigo, a subsidiary of the specialty chemicals company.…
Since January 2016, a reformed management structure takes care of further economic growth at Lewa-Nikkiso Group (Leonberg, Germany; www.lewa.de) and drives forward the integration of the newly arranged Industrial Division. This division consists of the LEWA group, Geveke NV,…
The Endress+Hauser Group (Reinach, Switzerland; www.endress.com) is making personnel changes to its Executive Board. Gerhard Jost, a member of the Executive Board, retired at the end of 2015. Manfred Jagiella has joined the Group’s top management panel. On June 1,…
The Board of Directors of the Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco; Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) has made the following appointments, effective January 1, 2016: Mohammed Y. Al Qahtani, senior vice president (VP), Upstream; Ahmad A. Al Sa’adi, senior vice…
Henrik Stiesdal and Anders Heine Jensen have been elected for the board of directors of Haldor Topsøe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark; www.topsoe.com). This means that the board is expanded by two seats to twelve in total. The other board members remain…
DuPont’s (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) board of directors announced that it has named Edward D. Breen the company’s chair and chief executive officer (CEO), effective immediately. Breen has served as interim chair and CEO of DuPont since October 16, 2015, and…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com) announced that Thomas Aebischer has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) effective Jan. 1, 2016. "Thomas is a highly experienced and accomplished leader who brings a global perspective, deep knowledge of…
Calgon Carbon Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pa., www.calgon.com) has announced new senior leadership appointments and operating divisions, effective January 1, 2016. This announcement follows the recent retirement decision of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Bob O’Brien. The newly created operating…
Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. (Woodbridge, Ill.; www.elevance.com), a company that creates novel specialty chemicals from natural oils, has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Tony Parnell as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Parnell succeeds K’Lynne Johnson, who has…
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com) has announced that Jens Michael Wegmann will take over as chief executive officer (CEO) and board chairman, effective on October 15, 2015. The Industrial Solutions business area consists of four units: Resource Technologies,…