Speciality Chemicals Magazine NOV / DEC 2023 | Page 62

PEOPLE
Changes at EuroAPI
Viviane Monges , board chair and former CFO of major business units at Novartis and Pfizer , is the interim CEO of EuroAPI until a permanent successor to Karl Rotthier is named . The board decided that Rotthier would step down as of 30 October . In addition , Elizabeth Bastoni has been named independent lead-director to oversee the running of the company ’ s governance structure .
Haitz heads Novasep
Axplora has named Dr Stephan Haitz as president of its Novasep CDMO business unit in place of Jean Bléhaut , who has left after more than 25 years . Haitz himself has been in the industry for over 20 years , with positions at Solvias , Lonza and , most recently , president of drug substance CDMO commercial at Cambrex .
Arxada promotes Rastogi
Arxada has appointed Sanjeev Rastogi , who joined in April as president of the Consumer Microbial Control business as its new CEO . Rastogi has spent 30 years in the chemical industry . The company ’ s founding CEO , Marc Doyle , will transition to a new role as a member of the board of directors .
New CEO at Quotient
UK-based CDMO Quotient Sciences has appointed Thierry Van Nieuwenhove as its new CEO after the retirement of Mark Egerton , while Wayne Hewett is to be non-executive chairman . Van Nieuwenhove has been in the pharma / CDMO space for 23 years , at Novasep , Lonza , Minakem and most recently ABL , where he had been CEO for two years .
Wallstein takes over
At its general assembly in Sitges in September , members of the European Association of Chemical Distributors ( FECC ) elected Lars Wallstein of IMCD , hitherto vice president ( VP ), to serve a two-year term as president in place of Neville Prior of the Cornelius Group , who had led FECC for ten years . Oliver Fox of the Italian association , AssICC , was named VP-elect .
Sanders to Veranova
Dr William Sanders , a specialist in complex APIs , HPAPIs and ADCs who was hitherto senior director of R & D at Actylis , has joined Veranova as global VP of chemical development operations . The company has also announced a five-strong advisory board to provide scientific and strategic guidance . They include Professor Carolyn Bertozzi of Stanford University , a recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry .
New CEO is Agrawal
Anupam Rasayan India , a major speciality chemicals manufacturer , has appointed Gopal Agrawal as its new CEO . A chartered accountant by background , Agrawal was previously managing director and head of the Investment Banking division at Edelweiss , where he was involved in many capitalisation and restructuring initiatives in Indian and global industry .
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