Changes in Clariant's Board of Directors
Dominik Koechlin (49, Swiss citizen) is a law graduate with an MBA from INSEAD. He has served on the board of several listed companies including EGL, Crucell, Swissmetal, and several privately-held companies. He was a member of the Executive Board of Swisscom.
Hariolf Kottman (52, German citizen) is a chemist by training. He has held senior management positions at Hoechst AG, Celanese and is currently with SGL Carbon, where he is a member of the management board.
Carlo Soave (48, British citizen) is currently CEO of the Albis Group, based in Italy. Previously he has held a number senior management positions at Procter & Gamble.
Jürg Witmer (59, Swiss citizen) has served on the Clariant board since April 2007. He was CEO of the Givaudan Group from 1999 to 2005, where he is now Chairman. Previously he held senior global management positions at Roche. He is also a member of the Board of Directors at Syngenta. Rudolf Wehrli (58, Swiss citizen) was CEO of the Gurit-Herberlein-Group from 2000 - 2006. He has held various senior management positions at the Silent Gliss Group, Credit Swiss and McKinsey.
Provided approval of Clariant's Annual General Meeting, the board will comprise: Dr. Jürg Witmer (Chairman), Dr. Rudolf Wehrli (Vice-Chairman), Prof. Dr. Peter Chen, Dr. Peter R. Isler, Dr. Klaus Jenny, Dr. Dominik Koechlin, Dr. Hariolf Kottmann, Carlo Soave
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