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INDUSTRY NEWS
Hempel appoints Katarina Lindström as COO
Katarina Lindström will join
Hempel as Executive Vice
President & Chief Operating
Officer from 1 August 2020
and will play a central role in
delivering on the company’s
ambition to double in size.
says Lars Petersson, Group President and
CEO of Hempel. “We’re an ambitious
company on a strong growth curve.
Our target is to double Hempel in five years,
and we remain on track. We want to lead
the industry in market-driven innovation,
sustainability and customer focus. As Chief
Operating Officer, Katarina will play a
significant part in this, and I’m very much
looking forward to working with her.”
As part of its long-term growth strategy,
Hempel is making significant investments
in innovation and sustainability, while
strengthening its supply chain and
manufacturing footprint, particularly in
Asia-Pacific. Katarina will be responsible
for driving many of these initiatives.
She has extensive international business,
leadership and manufacturing experience
from her time at Volvo Group, where she
worked for more than 20 years. In that time,
she held a series of global senior executive
positions within both operations and product
management. As architect of Volvo Group’s
industrial presence in Asia, she has proven
experience of building a company’s
manufacturing footprint in the region.
As Executive Vice President & Chief
Operating Officer (COO), Katarina
Lindström will be a key member of Hempel’s
Executive Management Board, responsible
for driving the company’s strategic agenda
in terms of operational excellence, innovation
and sustainability.
“I’m extremely pleased to welcome someone
of Katarina’s calibre to our global team,”
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In 2018, Katarina became President of
Operations at Munters Group AB, a global
leader in energy efficient and sustainable
air treatment solutions, where she drove a
number of important strategic initiatives and
improvement projects.
Katarina comments: “Hempel is a company
with strong values and an ambitious growth
strategy. It’s investing in customer solutions,
innovation and employee development and
it has a desire to lead sustainability in the
MARCH 2020
coatings industry. I’m very excited to be
part of this journey.”
Hempel’s Executive Management Board
consists of the following members:
Lars Petersson, Group President
& Chief Executive Officer
Lars Jønstrup Dollerup, Executive Vice
President & Chief Financial Officer
Peter Kirkegaard, Executive Vice President
& Chief People & Culture Officer
Michael Hansen, Executive Vice President
& Chief Commercial Officer
Katarina Lindström, Executive Vice
President & Chief Operating Officer
About Hempel
As a world-leading supplier of trusted coating
solutions, Hempel is a global company with
strong values, working with customers in the
protective, marine, decorative, container
and yacht industries. Hempel factories,
R&D centres and stock points are established
in every region.
Across the globe, Hempel’s coatings protect
surfaces, structures and equipment. They
extend asset lifetimes, reduce maintenance
costs and make homes and workplaces safer
and more colourful. Hempel was founded in
Copenhagen, Denmark in 1915. It is proudly
owned by the Hempel Foundation, which
ensures a solid economic base for the
Hempel Group and supports cultural, social,
humanitarian and scientific purposes around
the world.
Visit: www.hempel.com
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