Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cpchem.com) announced that Peter Cella, president and chief executive officer (CEO), intends to retire from the company, effective August 1, 2017. Additionally, the company announced that Mark Lashier, currently executive vice president,…
3M (St. Paul, Minn.; www.3m.com) announced that Michael F. Roman has been appointed chief operating officer (COO) and executive vice president, and Hak Cheol (H.C.) Shin is appointed vice chair and executive vice president. Both appointments are effective July 1,…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) announced that Susan Ellerbusch has been appointed chief executive officer of Air Liquide USA LLC, a U.S. subsidiary of Air Liquide, the global leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and health. Ellerbusch will…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.lanxess.com) has appointed a new head of Corporate Development. Dr. Jens-Christian Blad (39) will assume responsibility for the group function by September 1, 2017, at the latest. Blad studied chemistry in Kiel, obtained his doctorate in…
Dr. Peter Feldhaus (50), currently CEO of Marine Systems of thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp.com), is to be the new CEO of the Industrial Solutions business area (www.thyssenkrupp-industrial-solutions.com). At its meeting yesterday, the Industrial Solutions supervisory board appointed him executive…
The Board of Directors of Metso Corp. (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) has appointed Nico Delvaux President and CEO of Metso, effective at the beginning of November 2017 at the latest. Nico Delvaux is currently Senior Executive Vice President for Atlas Copco…
The board of directors of Eni (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) appointed Claudio Descalzi as chief executive officer (CEO) and general manager. In this role he will be responsible for the management of the company, with the exception of specific responsibilities that…
Vesa Erolainen (BSc Eng, MBA) has been appointed Metso Corp.’s (Helsinki, Finland; www.metso.com) chief information officer (CIO), reporting to CFO Eeva Sipilä. Erolainen has a long and successful career within information technology, most recently serving as the CIO of Pöyry…
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf, Germany; www.henkel.com) has named Rahmyn Kress as chief digital officer to accelerate Henkel’s digital activities. He will report directly to Henkel CEO Hans Van Bylen. Rahmyn Kress will join Henkel in the second quarter…
Yokogawa Corporation of America (Sugar Land, Tex.; www.yokogawa.com/us) announced that Shuji Mori, a company veteran who has been with Yokogawa for nearly three decades, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yokogawa Corporation of America. In the role of…