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Wienand to head Lonza
Lonza has recruited Wolfgang Wienand from fellow Swiss CDMO Siegfried as CEO and he will join during the summer . Wienand had a long career at Evonik before joining Siegfried and becoming CEO in 2019 . Albert
Baehny , who became interim CEO at
Lonza in October while a permanent replacement was sought , is retiring . Meanwhile , Siegfried CFO Reto Suter is acting as interim CEO while a replacement is found .
Three new at Quotient
UK-based ‘ drug development and manufacturing accelerator ’ Quotient Sciences has announced major changes to its commercial and scientific executive leadership team . Dr Andrew Lewis and Kieron Hall have been promoted to chief scientific officer and chief marketing officer respectively , while Eric Bironneau has arrived from Axplora as chief business officer
Nouryon names CFO
Sean Lannon was named CFO at Nouryon in mid-March . Lannon arrived at the firm from similar roles at HVAC and refrigeration firm Copeland and before that Axalta Coating Systems . He has also had various senior finance roles at Styron , Endo Pharmaceuticals and PricewaterhouseCoopers .
Altana has new chairman
German speciality chemicals firm Altana has elevated Professor Frank Richter to the role of chairman of the supervisory board after Dr Matthias Wolfgruber stepped down on reaching the age limit at the end of his term . Richter , who is also managing director of SKion , has been on the board since May 2020 .
Gerber joins Sasol
Antje Gerber has become EVP of chemicals and a member of the group executive committee at Saso . In a career spanning more than 30 years , she has held executive roles at several major chemicals players including Venator Materials , HB Fuller , Evonik and , most recently , president of Arxada ’ s Speciality Product Solutions business .
Meeson heads Axplora
Axplora has announced the appointment of Martin Meeson as its new CEO in place of Sylke Hassel , who has stepped down after leading the company for its first three years since bringing PharmaZell and Novasep together under a new identity . Meeson had been CEO of Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies since the start of the COVID pandemic .
Shukla to Rallis
Rallis India , an agrochemical company , has appointed Dr Gyanendra Shukla as managing director and CEO for a period of five years from 1 April 1 after Sanjiv Lal completed his term . Shukla has over 34 years of leadership experience across India , Asia-Pacific and Africa in many different roles , notably including over two decades at Monsanto .
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