appointment of Ewout van Jarwaarde as Chief Transformation Officer

17-Dec-2020

The Supervisory Board of Brenntag AG appointed Ewout van Jarwaarde as new Member of the Board of Management and Chief Transformation Officer (CTO). The 37-year-old Dutchman will take over the newly created position as CTO as of January 1, 2021 and will be responsible for the execution of the ...

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14-Dec-2020

Waters Corporation announced that Dr. Pearl S. Huang, President and CEO of Cygnal Therapeutics and venture partner at Flagship Pioneering, has been appointed as a Director of Waters Corporation, effective January 1, 2021. “We are pleased to welcome Pearl to the Waters Board of Directors,” said ...

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Angela Wörl to succeed Hartel as Personnel Director on the Executive Board

11-Dec-2020

At its meeting, the Supervisory Board of Wacker Chemie AG made key personnel decisions to ensure long-term continuity in the management of the Company. Rudolf Staudigl (66), President & CEO of the Executive Board of Wacker Chemie AG, will retire at the end of the next Annual Shareholders’ ...

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Jose Carlos Corral Montilla succeeded Dr Marko Grozdanovic

10-Dec-2020

As of November 1, 2020, Jose Carlos Corral Montilla has become the new Managing Director and Vice President of BTC Europe GmbH, BASF's European sales organization for small and medium-sized customers focused on specialty chemicals. Jose Carlos Corral Montilla joined BASF in 1998. He started his ...

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Hariolf Kottmann to focus on his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors

10-Dec-2020

Clariant announced that Conrad Keijzer will become Clariant’s new Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors has appointed him in its meeting. Conrad Keijzer will officially join the company as of January 1, 2021. Executive Chairman ad interim Hariolf Kottmann will then return to his ...

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Merck announced another milestone of its transformation program “Bright Future” for the business sector Performance Materials

04-Dec-2020

Merck announced another milestone of its transformation program “Bright Future” for the business sector Performance Materials. With effect from February 1, 2021, Benjamin Hein will take over the role of General Manager and Head of Delivery Systems and Services, Greater China & Southeast Asia. He ...

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15-Oct-2020

At the request of BASFSE, the Ludwigshafen local court (Amtsgericht) appointed Mr. Liming Chen (60), Chairman of IBM Greater China Group, to the Supervisory Board of BASFSE by way of a resolution dated October 8, 2020. The appointment became necessary after Dr.Alexander C. Karp, CEO Palantir ...

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Two internationally experienced managers to join Executive Board

30-Sep-2020

Stefan Oschmann will hand over the Chair of the Executive Board of Merck to Belén Garijo in 2021. The Board of Partners of E.MerckKG has appointed Garijo as new Chair of the Executive Board and CEO of Merck effective May 1, 2021. She is currently Vice Chair of the Executive Board and Deputy CEO ...

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Contract until the end of April 2024

14-Sep-2020

The Supervisory Board of Bayer AG has unanimously decided to extend the contract of Werner Baumann, Chairman of the Board of Management, until April 30, 2024. Before the extension, Baumann’s contract would have expired at the 2021 Annual Stockholders’ Meeting. Baumann, 57, has worked for Bayer ...

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Markus Klähn and Karsten Beckmann will leave the company

17-Jul-2020

Steven Terwindt, currently Chief Operating Officer Brenntag North America, has been appointed as President & Chief Executive Officer Brenntag North America and Member of the Management Board of Brenntag AG. He will be responsible for the regions North America and Latin America as of August 1, ...

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