AkzoNobel Announces New Leadership for
Decorative Paints

AkzoNobel has appointed Ruud Joosten executive committee member responsible for Decorative Paints with effect from the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 26. He will succeed Tex Gunning, member of the board of management, who will step down and retire. Joosten is currently managing director of Pulp and Performance Chemicals within the Specialty Chemicals Business Area.

Joosten has extensive experience in Decorative Paints and has been responsible for both mature and high growth regions. In his most recent role, he managed a truly global business in the Specialty Chemicals Business Area. In his new assignment, he will concentrate on adapting Decorative Paints Europe to the challenging market environment and on further expanding Decorative Paints’ presence in key growth markets.

Gunning’s business career spanned more than 25 years in Unilever, lastly as Business Group president. In September 2007, Gunning was appointed CEO of Vedior, a global company in HRM services. After a successful merger with Randstad, he joined AkzoNobel in 2009.

During his tenure at AkzoNobel, Gunning played a crucial role in the integration of ICI’s paints activities into the AkzoNobel organization, resulting in substantial synergy savings. He oversaw the turnaround of Decorative Paints in North America, substantially restructured the European activities and grew the business significantly in high growth markets. He also rationalized the Decorative Paints’ brand portfolio, including the creation of a new global brand identity and a worldwide “Let’s Colour” marketing program.

NACE International Institute Names New Executive Director The NACE International Institute has appointed Helena M. Seelinger as its new executive director. Seelinger has been a staff member of NACE International since 1986, where she has served in

multiple leadership roles within the organization, including service as interim executive director of NACE in 2005; director of education during the organization’s initial international expansion and global training partnerships; and currently serves as senior director of membership and government relations.

Seelinger will be a non-voting, ex-officio member of the Institute’s board of directors, responsible for providing strategic direction and leadership to the Institute’s day-to-day operations, and will maintain oversight of NACE International’s technical activities, membership, public relations and public affairs activities.

AkzoNobel’s Marjan
Oudeman to become
President of Utrecht
University

Marjan Oudeman, AkzoNobel executive committee member responsible for organizational development and human resources, has accepted an offer to become president of Utrecht University, one of Europe’s leading universities. She will leave AkzoNobel as of June 30 to take up her new role.

Since joining the company in 2010, Oudeman realigned the human resources capabilities of AkzoNobel around the world, ensuring increased employee engagement. In addition, thanks to her leadership, the company made significant progress on its vision to be an employer of choice.

Oudeman joins the academic world after more than 30 years in business, including an extensive industrial career at Tata Steel and its predecessor companies. She is also a supervisory board member at Statoil, ABN AMRO and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).

Sartomer Appoints Market Managers Sartomer USA, LLC, has appointed a team of dedicated market managers to drive growth and leadership in each of

the company’s major markets (coatings, graphic arts, adhesives, electronics and advanced materials). Each manager is responsible for leading the company’s commercial activities in their assigned segment. The team reports directly to Heather Rayle, senior business director for Sartomer.

Appointments to this team include:
• Terry Quinn, market manager for
Coatings and Chemical Intermediates.

• Chris Gebhart, market manager for Adhesives, Electronics and Advanced Materials.

• James Goodrich, market manager for Graphic Arts.

• Jim Zawicki, marketing communications manager.

This team will focus on implementing strategies that address key market trends and drive growth in Sartomer’s primary global markets.

“With a focused team in place, Sartomer can directly respond to changes in each market. This approach allows us to better serve our customers and provide them with innovative, high-value solutions, said wDouglas Sharp, Sartomer’s president.

DuPont Makes Leadership
Changes for Engineering
and Investor Relations

DuPont has named Karen A. Fletcher chief engineer and vice president of engineering and Carl J. Lukach vice president of investor relations.

Fletcher, previously vice president of investor relations, has held a range of technical and business leadership roles since joining the company in 1982 in DuPont’s Engineering Field Program. She worked extensively in the Protection Technologies and Titanium Technologies businesses and has been in her current role since 2008.