New chief digital officer will accelerate Solvay's digital transformation
Brussels, January 25, 2021
Solvay has appointed Yan Beynon as chief digital officer, effective January 1, 2021. He will partner with Solvay's different business units and functions to accelerate the digital transformation within the company to both improve cost effectiveness and enable growth ambitions at the service of customers.
'Digitalization is an enabler for accelerating Solvay's G.R.O.W. strategy and our sustainability roadmap, Solvay One Planet,' commented Ilham Kadri, CEO of Solvay. 'I am thrilled that Yan has joined us to lead the digital strategy and its execution.'
Yan Beynon brings vast experience in digital transformation from different industries, working both with multinational groups and start-ups. Prior to joining Solvay, he led the digital strategy at Siemens Healthineers. Prior to this, he drove the digital transformation at Nokia Group. In his nearly 10 years at Roche, he took several roles, moving from a more IT focus to global roles such as chief information officer and chief digital officer.
'I am thrilled and honored to join Solvay and work with the teams to unleash the full potential of digital across the company at the service of our customers. Solvay's strong roots and values, together with its appetite for innovation, are key assets for any digital transformation journey, and are the reasons that made me join the company,' commented Yan Beynon
About Solvay
Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 24,100 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. The Group's innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world's top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €10.2 billion in 2019. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels (SOLB) and Paris and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program. Learn more at www.solvay.com.
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Following the spinoff of its Specialty Chemicals business Syensqo in December 2023, Solvay SA is focused on providing chemical products and intermediates to customers in a broad range of consumer and industrial end-markets. Originally founded in 1863, Solvay's current portfolio is operated through five divisions: Soda Ash and Derivatives, Peroxides, Silica, Special Chem and Coatis. Solvay SA offers customer-proximate regional locations, large scale as well as competitive cost curve positioning due to the vertical integration in its main businesses, process technology and product know-how. The company has a balanced global footprint with 12 major R&I centres as well as 45 industrial sites in 41 countries across the world.
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