DSM has appointed Shruti Singhal as president of DSM Engineering Plastics, effective Oct. 1, 2019. He succeeds Roeland Polet who will retire mid-2020.

Singhal joined DSM in July 2018 as managing director Global Powder, Can and Coil and CMO at DSM Resins and Functional Materials.

Prior to joining DSM in 2018, Singhal held positions at General Cable, Henkel, Cognis (now BASF), Rohm & Haas, Dow, Ashland and Solenis. He holds a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University, Philadelphia, and completed the Global Marketing Management Program at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.