Change in WACKER’S Executive Board

Board Member Auguste Willems to Leave the Company at the End of April

Auguste Willems (64), member of the Executive Board of Wacker Chemie AG, will leave the company on April 30, 2023, at his own request. The Supervisory Board appointed Dr. Christian Kirsten (51) as his successor. Kirsten will join the Executive Board on May 1 on a three year contract. A graduate ...

Power-to-X company Electrochaea appoints new CFO and new CCO

Electrochaea is strengthening its management team with two new additions. Tim Baack is the new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Karsten Hanich is the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Electrochaea's project pipeline is filling with projects and all eyes are on growth. Before joining ...

Archroma announces CEO transition

Archroma announced its transition plan for the function of Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors of Archroma has appointed Heike van de Kerkhof to succeed current CEO Alexander Wessels effective January 6, 2020. Mr. Wessels has held the CEO position at Archroma since the Company was ...

Rudolf Staudigl and Auguste Willems on WACKER’s Executive Board for a furthers five years

Wacker Chemie AG’s Supervisory Board re-appointed Dr. Rudolf Staudigl, CEO, and Auguste Willems to the Executive Board for another five years. The current contract of Rudolf Staudigl, who has headed the Munich-based chemical company since 2008, runs until September 30, 2013. Auguste Willems’ ...

British pupil claims his gold in Chemistry Olympiad

Alcester teenager David Edey collected his larger-than-life gold medal from science minister David Willetts today after defeating hundreds of students from around the world in a global chemistry competition. David, 18, became one of the world’s top three chemistry students after winning gold at ...

ShengdaTech Appoints A. Carl Mudd as Lead Independent Director

ShengdaTech, Inc. announced that the Company's board of directors has appointed A. Carl Mudd to the position of lead independent director. Among his key responsibilities in this position, Mr. Mudd will coordinate the activities of the independent directors of the board, serve as a formal ...

Brendan O'Neill has stepped down as Director of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC

Dr Brendan O'Neill, has resigned as a Director of ICI and as Chief Executive, with immediate effect. He is succeeded by Dr John McAdam who is currently an Executive Director of the Company and Chairman and Chief Executive of ICI Paints. McAdam takes up his new position with immediate ...

EC: Olaf Hultsch new Head of Corporate Communications

Olaf Hultsch has been appointed the new Head of Corporate Communications at EC Erdölchemie GmbH, Cologne-Worringen. On 01 February 2001 the 32-year old business graduate will take over the duties of Ekkehard Seegers (46) who will be moving to Bayer AG Dormagen on 01 March as Head of its ...

Is it time to abandon the Nobel Prize?

Provocative comment emphasis collaboration over few-person discoveries

In a commentary piece authors Clare Fiala and Eleftherios P. Diamandis spawned a debate now further nourished by recent disclosures. Fiala and Diamandis argue that it is time to abandon the Nobel Prize in favor of alternative recognitions which encompass the collaborative nature of modern ...

Change in WACKER's Executive Board

Dr. Joachim Rauhut (61), CFO of Wacker Chemie AG, is leaving the company as planned when his contract expires on October 31, 2015. Dr. Tobias Ohler (44), a WACKER Executive Board member since early 2013, is to take over as CFO on November 1. The Supervisory Board has extended his contract for ...