NAMES IN THE NEWS

PPG announced that Henrik Bergström, PPG Vice President, Architectural Coatings, Latin America and President, PPG Comex, is the new Vice President, Architectural Coatings, Latin America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and ANZ (Australia and New Zealand). Javier Sosa, Director, Professional Division, PPG Comex, is now the PPG Vice President, Architectural Coatings, Latin America and President, PPG Comex. Jaime Irick, Vice President, Architectural Coatings, U.S. and Canada, has assumed additional accountability for PPG’s traffic solutions business.

The ChemQuest Group announced the addition of Bradley Boelkins as Vice-President. Boelkins joins ChemQuest after a successful 33-year career with tesa tape inc.

Mike Brennan joined Barentz as Director of Supply Chain and Logistics for North America. Brad Finkelstein joined the company’s expanding Synthesis Solutions sales team as an Account Manager.

Sea-Land Chemical Co. announced the appointment of Stephen Coburn and Teresa Simonson as Inside Sales Representatives. Coburn will manage the East and Northeast territories, and Simonson will manage the Midwest and Western territories.

Todd Gragg joined the IFS Coatings team as PureClad Business Development Manager. Gragg is responsible for leading IFS PureClad sales efforts across the United States and is part of the IFS Coatings Heat Sensitive Substrates Development team.

Perstorp Holding AB appointed Ib Jensen as its new CFO. Jensen is a senior executive who comes from Arxada, a carve-out of Lonza Specialty Ingredients, as its CFO. Jensen takes over the CFO role from Ulf Berghult, who will leave Perstorp in April.

Huntsman Corp. appointed David B. Sewell to its board of directors. Sewell currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of WestRock Co., was the Chief Operating Officer of The Sherwin-Williams Co., and brings nearly 15 years of senior leadership and operational experience at major materials companies to the Huntsman board. Wayne Reaud, Chair of the Litigation and Public Policy and Compensation committees, intends to retire from the board at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Keith Silverman joined Axalta Coating Systems as Senior Vice President, and Chief Operations and Supply Chain Officer. Silverman was most recently an external advisor with Bain & Co.

IGM Resins announced the appointment of Matthijs (Thijs) van der Heide as Chief Financial Officer. Van der Heide succeeds Bart Oude Vrielink, who was appointed Executive Vice President, Transformation Office, at IGM. Van der Heide will be a member of the IGM Resins Executive Leadership team, reporting to Wilfrid Gambade, CEO.

RadTech, the nonprofit for ultraviolet and electron beam technologies, announced the election of David Walker, President, CTO and co-founder of Azul 3D Inc., as a new RadTech board member. In addition, Karl Swanson, President of PCT Ebeam and Integration, and Evan Benbow, Vice-President of Research & Development at Nazdar Co., were elected to second two-year terms. Todd Fayne of PepsiCo has rotated off the board after reaching term limits.