Clariant Appoints Stephan Lynen as CFO, Effective April 1, 2020 Succeeding Patrick Jany
February 13, 2020 at 08:21 pm IST
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Clariant announced that Stephan Lynen will be appointed as CFO as of April 1, 2020. The proven financial expert, currently Head of the Business Unit Additives, has been with the company for more than 20 years in various international general management and business roles. He will succeed Patrick Jany who decided to pursue a career opportunity outside of Clariant as CFO of A.P. Moller - Maersk. At its meeting the Board of Directors accepted Patrick Janys resignation and expressed its appreciation for his accomplishments at Clariant. At the same time, the Board approved the appointment of Stephan Lynen as new CFO. With the appointment of Stephan Lynen, Clariant continues the transformation of its Executive Committee in line with the business transformation of Clariant. Stephan Lynen is currently Head of the Business Unit Additives.
Clariant AG is a Switzerland-based producer of specialty chemicals. It operates through three business areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysis, Natural Resources. The Business Area Care Chemicals serves customers in the personal care, home care, paints and coatings, and crop solutions markets. Business Area Catalysis offers catalytic and biofuel solutions. The Business Area Natural Resources offers products and customer-tailored solutions for mineral, foundry, oil, and gas extraction businesses, as well as for food, plastics, coatings, adhesives, and inks applications.