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Greek leader at ECHA
ECHA ’ s management board has elected Sofia Zisi to lead its work for at least the next two years . Zisi , who is director general of Greece ’ s General Chemical State Laboratory , succeeds Paul Krajnik from the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture , Forestry , Environment & Water Management , who had served for two full terms as chair .
Corkwell promoted
Lubrizol has promoted Keith Corkwell from vice president of additives Americas to president of Lubrizol Additives . He has been with the company in commercial and technical roles for 25 years . In addition , Brenna Huovie , Mark Davies and Anouska Norman have been appointed as VPs of additives Americas , additives technology , and strategic marketing and commercial excellence , respectively .
EuroAPI has new CFO
French CDMO Olivier Falut is EuroAPI ’ s new CFO , replacing Evelyne Nguyen , who left at the end of October after a transition . Falut has nearly 30 years of experience in management and finance in the industrial sector and since 2017 has held CFO positions in various companies , including Fareva .
Billings joins Resilience
US biomanufacturer Resilience has named Dr Susan Billings as its CCO . Billings is an industry veteran , who had previously been with Merck & Co . before becoming global head of business development at Curia ( then AMRI ) and was later CCO of Vivodyne , a TechBio platform technology start-up .
Ingevity CEO leaves
Ingevity has revealed that president and CEO John Fortson has left after nine years . No reasons were given . Current board director Luis Fernandez-Moreno is serving as interim president and CEO while the company conducts a search for a permanent replacement . He has been in the speciality chemicals industry for many years , rising to be president of Ashland ’ s $ 3.5 billion Chemicals division .
Change at Archroma
Rajiv Sharma has become CEO of Archroma , with key responsibility for the Textile Effects business . Previous CEO Mark Garratt has moved to the board of directors . Sharma came to the company after 14 years , including eight as group chief executive , with UKbased Coats Group , a major player in thread manufacturing and structural components for apparel and footwear .
Bertolini to Flamma
Italian CDMO Flamma has named Giorgio Bertolini as general manager for Italy , with responsiblity for “ the objectives and the economic results of Flamma ’ s three Italian sites ”. Bertolini has more than 30 years of experience in the industry , most recently with the Olon Group .
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