Industrial Automation Magazine India

Frederique van Baarle assumes position on the LANXESS Board of Management

Published on : Saturday 15-04-2023

Van Baarle will also assume board responsibility for the Americas region from the second half of 2023.

Mumbai, April 12, 2023 – Frederique van Baarle has taken up her position as a member of the Board of Management and Labor Director at Cologne-based specialty chemicals company LANXESS effective April 1, 2023. Until the end of March van Baarle headed the High Performance Materials business unit at LANXESS, which contributed to a joint venture for high-performance plastics with private equity firm Advent on April 1. The 51-year-old had already been appointed by the Supervisory Board in November 2022.

Van Baarle will also assume board responsibility for the Americas region from the second half of 2023. She will perform her new role from Pittsburgh, LANXESS US headquarters.

LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with sales of EUR 8.1 billion in 2022. The company currently has about 13,100 employees in 33 countries. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives and consumer protection products. LANXESS is listed in the leading sustainability indices Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI World and Europe) and FTSE4Good.