Clariant announced that its new businesses after reorganization will be headed by newly appointed Business Units Presidents Angela Cackovich, Jens Cuntze, and Christian Vang. As a consequence of the new structure, Hans Bohnen, Chief Operating Officer, and Bernd Hoegemann, Chief Transformation Officer, informed that they have decided to step down from their current roles in the Executive Committee and will pursue their career outside the company. 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.

Together with Chief Human Resources Officer Tatiana Berardinelli, General Counsel Alfred Muench, newly appointed Chief Corporate Development Officer Chris Hansen, and Chief Technology & Sustainability Officer Richard Haldimann, the Executive Steering Committee will form the Executive Leadership Team. Angela Cackovich will be the newly appointed President, of the BU Adsorbents & Additives and the EMEA 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. With almost 20 years at Clariant, Jens Cuntze has extensive experience within the company.

He will become President, of the BU Catalysts and 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 BU Care Chemicals and the Americas region. He has more than 14 years of leadership experience within Clariant. His latest positions included Head of BU 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. 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 1, 2022. Together with Chief Human Resources Officer Tatiana Berardinelli, General Counsel Alfred Muench, newly appointed Chief Corporate Development Officer Chris Hansen, and Chief Technology & Sustainability Officer Richard Haldimann, the Executive Steering Committee will form the Executive Leadership Team. By bringing all key functions together when it comes to important strategic decisions, Clariant will speed up decision making, strengthen its governance and increase accountability.