AkzoNobel CEO Hans Wijers to leave 2012
Ton Büchner to succeed
14-Jun-2011
- Netherlands
The Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel N.V. has today announced that Hans Wijers, Chief Executive Officer, has decided to step down with effect from the Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2012.
The Supervisory Board also announced the appointment of Ton Büchner as the company's new Chief Executive Officer - pending AGM approval - with effect from the AGM 2012. Ton Büchner is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Swiss publically-quoted multinational Sulzer AG.
Ton Büchner (age 45) has been Chief Executive Officer of Sulzer AG ("Sulzer"), a publically traded company on the Swiss Stock Exchange, since 2007. He joined Sulzer in 1994 and has held a number of operational and leadership roles across the company including the presidencies of two of its divisions, Sulzer Turbomachinery Services and Sulzer Pumps. He was also Chief Representative and responsible for Sulzer operations in China.
Ton Büchner has a proven track record for strategically developing and significantly growing the businesses he has managed, also under difficult market conditions. He started his professional career as an offshore oil and gas construction engineer with Allseas Engineering in Europe and worked for AkerKvaener throughout South East Asia for several years.
A Dutch national, Ton Büchner graduated from Delft University of Technology with an MSc in Civil Engineering and gained an MBA from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland.
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