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Clariant has announced a reorganisation into three global business units instead of the previous five, with the business unit presidents to be located in the regions with the largest customer base and highest growth potential for the respective businesses. It will also create a new executive steering committee that will include the CEO, the CFO and the presidents of the new business units.

Clariant will combine its existing Catalysts business unit and its Biofuels & Derivatives business line into a single business unit called “Catalysts”. Functional Minerals and Additives will become “Adsorbents & Additives”, and Industrial and Consumer Special-ties and Oil and Mining Services will form the “Care Chemicals” business unit. The new units will be headed by newly appointed business unit Presidents Angela Cackovich, Jens Cuntze, and Christian Vang.

Angela Cackovich will become President, Adsorbents & Additives and the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. She will join Clariant`s Executive Steering Committee from Tesa, where she was a member of the Executive Committee. She gained significant industry experience in several positions, including at Henkel, Celanese, Rohm & Haas as well as Dow Corning and Hoechst. As a German citizen she holds a master’s degree in chemical engineering.

Jens Cuntze has extensive experience within the company. He will become President, of the Catalysts business unit, located in the Asia-Pacific region. Previously, he was Head of Corporate Planning & Strategy after serving in various leadership roles including Head of Petrochemical Catalysts and Head of Procurement. He holds a diploma and PhD in Chemistry from ETH Zurich and is German.

Christian Vang will become President of the Care Chemicals unit and the Americas region. He has more than 14 years of leadership experience within Clariant. His most recent positions included Head of Industrial and Consumer Specialties and Head of Corporate Planning & Strategy. Prior to joining Clariant in 2008, Christian worked in leading positions at Siegwerk, SICPA and Hempel. He holds degrees from Harvard, Insead and London Business School, and is a Danish national.

With the elimination of the Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) roles, the new structure enables direct reporting lines of Clariant’s BUs to the CEO. As a consequence of the new structure, Hans Bohnen, Chief Operating Officer, and Bernd Hoegemann, Chief Transformation Officer, have decided to step down from their current roles in the Executive Committee and will pursue their careers outside the company.

Clariant will ensure additional transparency and accountability by moving away from its current structure of an Executive Committee with a sole oversight and review role. Instead, the Company will have a new Executive Steering Committee that will include CEO Conrad Keijzer, CFO Bill Collins as well as the three BU Presidents effective July 1st, 2022.

In terms of gender equality, Clariant says that it strives to provide equal opportunities for all genders with a special focus on strengthening the gender balance at the management level by doubling the current female representation to at least 30% by 2030.

Nutrien has formally appointed Ken Seitz as its new president and CEO. Seitz has served as interim CEO since January 2022 and brings more than 25 years of experience in the agriculture and mining sectors. Russ Girling, chair of the Nutrien board of directors said, “Nutrien’s record performance and disciplined execution of strategy during some of the most turbulent times we have seen globally underscore the strength of Ken Seitz’s leadership. As president and CEO, Mr. Seitz will continue to drive positive outcomes for all of our stakeholders as we strive to safely and sustainably feed the world.”

Mr. Seitz said, “I look forward to continuing the important work of safely and sustainably feeding a growing world with the executive leadership team, our employees globally and support of the Board of Directors. Growing up on a dairy farm in Saskatchewan, I am honoured and humbled to work alongside growers during these challenging times today and going forward. Nutrien is extremely well positioned to help meet the global goals of food security and climate action, partnering across the food system. Our purpose is to feed the future, and I am invigorated by the noble pursuit to help solve these critical world needs.”