Roland Fornika elected President of FECCIA
VAA Executive Board takes over leadership of 100,000 chemical and pharmaceutical professionals in Europe
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VAA board member Dr. Roland Fornika has been elected President of FECCIA. At the FECCIA Executive Committee meeting during the JusTransLEAD conference in Malaga, the committee voted in favor of the 58-year-old Röhm GmbH employee.
In future, VAA board member Roland Fornika (58) will set the direction of the FECCIA (Fédération Européenne des Cadres de la Chimie et des Industries Annexes). As President of the European umbrella organization, Fornika represents the interests of over 100,000 specialists and managers in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.
Fornika, who works as Head of Operational Efficiency at Röhm GmbH and is a member of the Supervisory Board there, has been active on the VAA Board since 2021 and was previously Vice President of FECCIA. With his election as President, he takes over the leadership of the most important European interest group for specialists and managers in the chemical industry - and at the same time strengthens the European voice of the VAA.
"European professionals and managers are facing common challenges that we at FECCIA want to tackle with a European idea in mind," says Roland Fornika. "Above all, the sustainable circular transformation of the chemical industry is a Herculean task on which jobs throughout the EU depend. In addition, we must work together with European employee representatives to strengthen co-determination rights at EU level." Up to now, there has been a strong disparity of interests between employer representatives on the one hand and employees on the other. "I look forward to actively promoting these issues as FECCIA President."
VAA Managing Director Stephan Gilow adds: "With Roland Fornika at the helm, the VAA is now in a central leadership position at European level. We are aware of our special responsibility in this difficult phase for the chemical-pharmaceutical industry. Together with our partner organizations, we will play an active and forward-looking role in shaping employment and location policy in Brussels - as a clear voice for the interests of specialists and managers in the chemical industry."
The framework for this commitment is well established: FECCIA coordinates cooperation with the European employers' association ECEG and the industrial trade union IndustriALL at EU level. As a recognized social partner, it plays a decisive role in shaping the European social dialogue in the chemical industry.
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