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AkzoNobel appoints new head of marketing
AkzoNobel has appointed Sucheta
Govil as the new global head of marketing for the company’s decorative
paints business. Based in Slough,
UK, she will officially take up the
position on January 1. Govil joins
AkzoNobel from PepsiCo, where her
last role was vice president innovations and new business for the Asia,
Middle East and Africa division
(AMEA). Her main responsibilities
included setting the long-term strategy for innovation and portfolio
transformation across the foods and
beverages segment in the critical
markets of China, India, Australia,
Southeast Asia, the Middle East and
Africa. Prior to PepsiCo, Govil was
employed by GlaxoSmithKline,
where she also worked in the UK and
was part of the strategic category
management group.
ARCH CHEMICALS ELECTS
TWO EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTS
Arch Chemicals has elected Joe
Shaulson and Luis Fernandez-Moreno
executive vice presidents. Shaulson,
who previously served as senior vice
president, wood protection and personal care ingredients at Arch, will
have responsibility as executive vice
president for the global operations of
Arch’s industrial biocides, personal
care ingredients and performance
products businesses. He joined Arch in
2008 as vice president, strategic development, and he has played a key role
in sharpening Arch’s focus on its biocides business portfolio. He led the
team that divested the non-biocides
industrial coatings business earlier
this year to The Sherwin-Williams
Company.
Luis Fernandez-Moreno has been
named executive vice president with
responsible for the global operations of
Arch’s HTH water products and wood
protection businesses. Fernandez-
Moreno comes to Arch from The Dow
Chemical Company, where he served
as vice president of Dow Coating
Materials. He assumed this role upon
Dow’s acquisition of Rohm and Haas
in April 2009. Prior to that, he was the
business group vice president of the
Rohm and Haas paint and coatings
materials division.
HALL TECHNOLOGIES HIRES
TECHNICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE
Richard Keeler has joined Hall
Technologies Inc. as a technical sales
representative. Keeler is based in the
company’s Houston sales office. In his
new position he is responsible for sales
and service to customers in southern
Texas and Louisiana. Keeler has more
than 15 years of experience in the specialty chemical industry. Most recently,
he was technical sales support manager
for Hexion Specialty Chemicals.
GACO WESTERN MAKES
A NUMBER OF NEW HIRES
Gaco Western has appointed Pat Hatem
as vice president of operations at is
manufacturing facility in Waukesha,
WI. Hatem was most recently with
JohnsonDiversey where she held
numerous manufacturing and material
leadership positions throughout her 16
year career. The company also recently
hired a number of new managers.
Aaron Kralovic joins Gaco’s WallFoam
division as a regional manager oversee-
ing California, Arizona and Nevada.
Kralovic’s background includes experi-
ence as an architectural sales represen-
tative with Pacific Clay Products, as
well as a sales professional with Owens
Corning Masonry Products. Chris
Mayer was hired as a regional manager
for the company’s WallFoam division
and will cover the Pacific Northwest. He
has experience as a territory manager
with Masterchem Industries and as a
sales representative for Behr. Ron
Davis has joined the company’s
WallFoam division as a regional man-
ager covering Colorado, Utah, New
Mexico and Wyoming. He was previous-
ly a regional sales manager for The
Steel Network, Inc. Adam Scheafbauer
was hired as the new parts manger and
will run the company’s parts and serv-
ice department in the Waukesha, WI
facility. He joins Gaco from Coatings
Holding where he was an outside sales
representative for equipment, parts,
coatings and foam.
NIRAJ AGARWAL JOINS DATACOLOR
Datacolor, a provider of color management solutions, has appointed Niraj
Agarwal director, new business development. Agarwal joins Datacolor with
more than 17 years of experience
developing innovative solutions for
the color industry. Throughout his
career, Agarwal has served in a number of capacities, including R&D, program management and product strategy. In his role as director, new business development for Datacolor,
Agarwal will oversee the company’s
efforts to expand their current product line and identify new opportunities to better serve the needs of
Datacolor’s client base. He will also
play a role in strategic planning and
product development.
AIR PRODUCTS ELECTS
NEW DIRECTOR
Air Products has elected Chadwick
Deaton to its board of directors. Deaton
currently serves as chairman and CEO
of Baker Hughes, an oilfield services
company, where he has worked since
2004. He began his career for the
Dowell Division of Dow Chemical,
which was subsequently acquired by
Schlumberger. CW
