
Philipp Morgenthaler to Join Circa as Head of Manufacturing
Philipp Morgenthaler will join sustainable biochemicals company Circa Group as Global Head of Manufacturing.

Philipp Morgenthaler will join sustainable biochemicals company Circa Group as Global Head of Manufacturing.

Perstorp has appointed Patrice Pinsard as EVP Strategic Markets & Innovation, effective Oct. 18, 2021.

Solvay has appointed Pascal Chalvon Demersay to chief sustainability and government affairs officer, effective July 1, 2021, integrating the new responsibilities to his current role as chief sustainability officer.

Solvay has appointed Carmelo Lo Faro, previously president of the company’s composite materials business unit, as president of the materials segment, effective immediately.

Speciality chemicals and ingredients distributor IMCD has appointed Pilar Castellanos Pineda as Managing Director of IMCD Colombia effective May 25, 2021.

Belgian spearhead cluster Catalisti has appointed Ann Verlinden as its new Managing Director. She will succeed Jan Van Havenbergh as of Apr. 5, 2021.

PolyPeptide Group has appointed Raymond De Vré as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He will succeed Jane Salik who, after 15 years in this position, will concentrate on her role on the Board of Directors.

German biopharmaceutical company Adrenomed has appointed Wolfgang Baiker as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective Jan. 1, 2021.

WeylChem has appointed Johannes Kanellakopoulos as new Head of Marketing & Sales for its growing Custom Manufacturing business. He took over the role on Sept. 1 with the aim of fully exploiting the group's capabilities.

Ulf Berghult has been appointed as Perstorp’s new CFO as of mid-February. He joins the group from Trelleborg, where he held the position as CFO since 2012.

With effect from May 1, 2020 the executive committee of the Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium-based Minafin Group has appointed Bernhard Müller as Managing Director of its affiliate Minascent Technologies.


The European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) has appointed Frans Stokman as new Executive Director of its industry sector Petrochemicals Europe, effective immediately.


Michael Zobel (50), currently head of the High Performance Materials (HPM) business unit, will take over the management of Lanxess subsidiary Saltigo from Torsten Derr (50) on June 1, 2020.














































