The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio; www.lubrizol.com) has announced that Eric R. Schnur, currently executive vice president and chief operating officer, has been named president, effective immediately, and will become chairman and chief executive officer on January 2, 2017. James L.…
Albemarle Corp. (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) announced that current Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate & Government Affairs and Corporate Secretary Karen G. Narwold has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the company, effective immediately. …
The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and Dow Corning Corp. announced that Robert D. (Bob) Hansen, chairman, chief executive officer and president, has announced his intention to retire from Dow Corning Corp. upon the completion of Dow’s ownership restructure transaction with…
Oxea GmbH (Oberhausen, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com), one of the world's leading manufacturers of Oxo chemicals, announced today the appointment of Dr. Salim Al Huthaili as the new chief executive officer of the company. With the decision of the Board of Oxea…
The Supervisory Board of Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) appointed Christian Kullmann as deputy chairman of the executive board with immediate effect. Kullmann has been on the Executive Board since July 2014 and has the role of Chief Strategic…
Amec Foster Wheeler plc. (London; U.K.; www.amecfw.com), announces the appointment of Dr. Jonathan (Jon) Lewis, as chief executive officer, with effect from 1 June 2016. On the same day Ian McHoul will cease to be interim CEO, and will remain…
Robert Wassmer will be joining Kelvion, a globally active manufacturer of industrial heat exchangers, as CEO and managing director of Kelvion Holding GmbH (Bochum, Germany; www.kelvion.com), effective as of 1 July, 2016. Wassmer is an experienced CEO with extensive…
KBR, Inc. (Houston; www.kbr.com) announced today Greg Conlon will be joining KBR's executive leadership team as president, Engineering & Construction (E&C), Asia-Pacific (APAC). Conlon has over 25 years' experience in the E&C business, with global experience across a range…
Dr. Robert Gnann (51) has taken over as president of Wacker Silicones effective April 1, 2016. He succeeds Dr. Christian Hartel, who was appointed to the Wacker Group’s (Munich, Germany; www.wacker.com) Executive Board in early November 2015. Gnann comes…
Effective May 1, 2016, Werner Baumann will become the new Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.bayer.com). The current CEO of Bayer AG, Marijn Dekkers, proposed to the Supervisory Board that his contract be dissolved…