International. Dr. Stephan Glander (46 years old) has been appointed as the new CEO of BYK-Chemie and Global President of BYK Additives & Instruments, one of Altana's divisions.
The executive will take over these functions from 1 July 2015, replacing Dr. Christoph Schlünken, who became a member of Altana's board of directors in November 2014.
Dr. Glander has many years of experience in international management. With a PhD in chemistry and an MBA from Michigan State University, he held various management positions at major chemical companies such as Bayer.
In his last role as Managing Director of Röchling's Engineering Plastics Division, where he had full responsibility for the medical composites and plastics business units. Prior to that, from 2005 to 2012, he worked for Quadrant EPP in Switzerland as a business line manager Advanced Engineering Plastics and was later promoted to global director of Marketing and Technology.
