September 21, 2012
DSM appoints Chris Goppelsroeder as President & CEO
Press release
Royal DSM announces the appointment of Chris Goppelsroeder as President and CEO of DSM Nutritional Products effective January 1, 2013.
Chris Goppelsroeder, currently Global Head of the Seed Care business of Syngenta, will be reporting to Stephan Tanda, Member of the Managing Board of DSM and responsible for the Nutrition cluster. He will succeed Leendert Staal, currently President and CEO of DSM Nutritional Products, who after a very successful career of 10 years at DSM, will retire at the end of February, 2013.
Goppelsroeder, a Swiss national, was a member of the Managing Board of DSM from 2005-06, prior to his current position at Syngenta. During that period, he was responsible for a number of businesses in the Performance Materials and Industrial Chemicals clusters and also had corporate responsibility for Marketing and for the regions Europe and Japan. He came to DSM through the acquisition of the Roche Vitamins and Fine Chemicals Business where he spent a considerable part of his career, based in Switzerland, Belgium and the USA, building significant international experience in the life sciences industry.
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DSM is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials. It delivers innovative solutions that nourish, protect and improve performance in global markets such as
food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical and electronics, life protection, alternative energy and bio-based materials. DSM''s 22,000 employees deliver annual net sales of about EUR9 billion (US$11.7 billion).