PEOPLE
Changes at Siegfried
Marianne Späne , chief business officer for drug products at Siegfried , has also taken on the role for drug substances after Dr Christian Dowdeswell left the company for family reasons . In addition , Dr Klaus Stingl , currently site head at Zofingen , has been named global head of business development and sales for drug substances , while Dr Martin Kessler has joined from Rentschler as the CEO of the Dinamiqs subsidiary .
New chair at Lonza
The Lonza board will propose Jean- Marc Huët as the new chairman to shareholders at the 2024 AGM in May . Albert Baehny decided not to stand for re-election after eight years as chairman , though he remains interim CEO for now . Huët was formerly CFO of Unilever , Bristol-Myers Squibb and Royal Numico , and currently chairs the supervisory board of Heineken
Sensient CFO to retire
Stephen Rolfs , CFO at Sensient , has told the company he intends to retire on 30 June after nine years in the role . His replacement will be Tobin Tornehl , who joined Sensient in 2018 and is now controller and chief accounting officer . Tornehl previously had financial leadership roles at Jefferson Wells and Ernst & Young .
Vianode has new CFO
Norwegian battery materials company Vianode has appointed Howard Ormonroyd , most recently with J . P . Morgan , as CFO . He will oversee the execution of the firm ’ s phased multi-billion dollar investment programme to developing industrial-scale production of highperformance synthetic anode graphite with a 90 % reduction in CO 2 footprint .
Five moves at IMCD De Mot to EuroAPI
Emmanuel Colette ( pictured ) has been named managing director of IMCD France , after 13 years with the company . Meanwhile Natasha De Lange , who has 21 years experience in the regional industry , has become managing director in South Africa . She replaces Ryan Harrison , who is taking up the same role in Australia and New Zealand . Earlier the company added Fenna van Zanten , group director for M & A , and Andreas Igerl , president of IMCD APAC , to the executive committee .
CDMO EuroAPI has named Ludwig de Mot as its new CEO . De Mot has served as CEO of multiple firms , including ArcelorMittal Mining , McBride , Swissport and , more recently , Tereos . His remit is to accelerate the company ’ s transformation , including the completion and execution of the strategic review initiated in Q4 2023 .
CVC works with Gajaria
Private equity firm CVC has announced a strategic partnership with Indian chemical industry veteran Rajan Gajaria to invest in the global chemicals and CDMO businesses . It has also appointed him an independent director of Sajjan India , in which an affiliate has a stake . Gajaria has led crop protection , seed and digital business platforms in Corteva Agriscience and Dow AgroScience , among others .
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