Laura L. Parks, Ph.D., currently Senior Vice President of Marketing & Sales for the DSM Pharmaceutical Products business group of Royal DSM has been appointed President and Business Unit Director of DSM Pharmaceuticals as of June 1, 2012.

Laura will continue to report to Alexander R. Wessels, President and Chief Executive Officer of DSM Pharmaceutical Products, as a member of the Management Team.

Dr. Parks joined DSM in 2008. Prior to DSM, she was with World Financial Group, and Solae (a Division of DuPont), a public company of over 10,000 employees, as Vice President of Sales.