Chris Hansen
“ 2019 was the year where sustainability became a real topic for our customers ”
— Chris Hansen , Head of BU Masterbatches Asia Pacific , Clariant flow by leveraging user-friendly tablet interfaces and linking up the back-end manufacturing execution system with the physical production equipment and programmable logic controllers . We thus get data into and out of equipment , control the equipment and track material flows via Radio Frequency Identification ( RFID ). The transparency and insights are the basis for direct process improvements and support a more effective performance follow-up and corrective actions .”
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Chris Hansen
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Chris Hansen is Vice President and Head of Clariant Masterbatches in Asia Pacific since 2015 . In addition , Chris is the global executive in charge of the digital strategy programme within Clariant Masterbatches . Chris has a passion for rethinking traditional approaches and driving impactful changes throughout the business . Chris joined Clariant in 2009 . His first role was to build and roll-out a standardised Clariant Production System for the business unit ’ s more than 50 sites globally . Prior to joining Clariant , Chris was an Associate Principal with McKinsey & Company . He holds a Master ’ s degree in Economics and Management from Aarhus University in Denmark . asia . businesschief . com