Styrolution Group GmbH (Frankfurt, Germany; www.styrolution.com) is making three appointments to its management board, including two new regional presidents and a newly created position, president of operations. Hyung Tae (HT) Chang, who currently serves as President, Asia Pacific will retire…
Alcoa Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pa.; www.alcoa.com) announced that Nahla A. Azmy has joined Alcoa as vice president, Investor Relations. Azmy had been vice president, Investor Relations and Communications for Rockwood Holdings, Inc., a leading global specialty chemicals company. She succeeds Kelly…
The Board of Directors of Toyo Engineering Corp. (Toyo; Chiba, www.toyo-eng.co.jp) have announced the appointment for the offices of president and chief executive officer (CEO). Effective April 1, 2015, current Director and senior executive officer Kiyoshi Nakao will take the…
Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.; www.bv.com) announced that Ann Bui has been named Managing Director for water services in the company's Management Consulting business. She is based in Los Angeles. Bui will guide sales, marketing and performance management. Bui…
DuPont’s (Wilmington, Del.; www.dupont.com) announced that it has appointed Edward D. Breen and James L. Gallogly as independent Directors to its Board, effective immediately. The appointments of Breen and Gallogly have been made in anticipation of two current DuPont directors,…
Siemens AG (Munich, Germany; www.siemens.com) has appointed Janina Kugel, previously corporate vice president of Human Resources and Siemens' chief diversity officer, to the Managing Board by the Supervisory Board of Siemens. Kugel will succeed Siegfried Russwurm as head of Human…
Fluid-handling specialist company Asahi/America, Inc. (Malden, Mass.; www.asahi-america.com) recently announced the promotion of Daniel S. Anderson to the office of president and chief executive officer (CEO). The announcement was made to Asahi/America employees December 11, 2014 by former President and…
Dr. Ulrich Küsthardt has been named the new chief innovation officer at Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com), effective the beginning of 2015. Küsthardt, who succeeds Dr. Peter Nagler, plans to continue strengthening the company’s innovation capacity, continuing his predecessor’s…
BioAmber Inc. (Montreal, Canada; www.bio-amber.com), has announced that chief financial officer (CFO) Andrew Ashworth retired on December 31, 2014 and Francois Laurin has been hired to succeed Ashworth as the company's CFO. Andrew Ashworth is retiring after three and a…
Greene’s Energy Group LLC (Houston), a provider of testing services, equipment rentals and specialty services for the oil-and-gas industry, names Robert Fraser regional business-development manager, based in Dubai. Philippe Sauquet becomes president of refining and chemicals, and a member of…