Haller Named Head of Strategic Development and New Ventures at Dow
Advertisement
Andrew N. Liveris, Dow's president, chief executive officer and chairman-elect announced that Heinz Haller has been appointed corporate vice president of Strategic Development and New Ventures. Haller will assume his new role on June 1, 2006, succeeding Phillip H. Cook, who will retire effective October 1 after completing a number of corporate activities.
Reporting to Liveris, Haller will join the Office of the Chief Executive, responsible for spearheading the Company's long-term strategic agenda, driving corporate development opportunities and providing specific counsel to Liveris in his role as Chairman of the Board. In addition to Strategic Development and New Ventures, Haller will also take executive responsibility for Dow Agricultural Sciences and the Company's Licensing businesses worldwide.
Haller is currently managing director of Allianz Capital Partners, based in Munich, Germany, a position he has held since joining the company in March 2002. Before that, he spent two years as chief executive officer of Red Bull Sauber AG and Sauber Petronas Engineering AG, and five years as managing director of the chemical distribution company, Plüss-Staufer AG. Prior to joining Plüss-Staufer in 1994, Haller had worked with Dow for almost 15 years, based in Europe. He joined the Company in 1980 as a sales representative in Horgen, Switzerland, and subsequently developed his career in a variety of marketing and commercial positions across a number of different Dow businesses. He will relocate from Munich to Midland, Michigan.
Other news from the department people
