Martin Virot has taken the reins as the leader of DuPont France. Martin's earlier DuPont assignments included responsibilities as general director of several segments within Performance Coatings, corporate accounts manager for the automotive industry, and growth leader.

DuPont France has 1,400 employees at seven sites that provide the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region with products for crop protection, seeds, fluorotelomers, industrial and automotive coatings.

After working for Renault, Martin became director of the commercial department of Herberts automotive coatings, which DuPont purchased in 1996. Martin takes the place of Ghislain Desjardins, who is now based in Singapore and responsible for the Asia-Pacific region for DuPont Sustainable Solutions.