ESSEN, Germany, Sept. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Supervisory
Board of Brenntag AG appointed Christian Kohlpaintner as the
company's next CEO and Member of the Management Board effective
January 1st, 2020. Over the last two
decades, Christian Kohlpaintner has held various management
positions in leading international companies. He joins from
Clariant International Ltd. where he was Member of the Executive
Committee. Christian Kohlpaintner
will succeed the current CEO, Steven
Holland, who will leave the company at the same time.
Stefan Zuschke, Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of Brenntag AG, commented on the appointment:
"With Christian Kohlpaintner we have been able to place as our new
CEO an internationally experienced business leader with a proven
track record. He has demonstrated impressively that he can lead and
develop major business divisions and companies successfully. It
will be his mission to lead Brenntag to sustainable growth and
expand the market leadership further. It will also be about
breaking new ground while at the same time preserving the core of
the successful business model."
The future CEO, Christian
Kohlpaintner, commented on his appointment: "I am looking
forward to my new role at Brenntag and the opportunity of working
with my colleagues on the Management Board and the whole Brenntag
team. Brenntag is a very healthy company which is ideally
positioned in the chemical value chain."
The appointment of Christian Kohlpaintner also marks the end of
Steven Holland's almost 14 years
tenure with Brenntag, more than 8 years as its CEO. Stefan Zuschke: "The Supervisory Board would
like to thank Steven Holland.
Steven's vision and leadership have driven the company's growth and
success in a dynamic and challenging environment. We sincerely
thank Steven for his contributions and for developing the company
into the leading position that Brenntag holds in the market today.
The Supervisory Board wishes him all the best for the future."
Christian Kohlpaintner (55) has more than 20 years of management
experience in an international environment. The Ph.D. chemist began
his professional career at Hoechst, where he held various positions
in Germany and the USA. Afterwards he moved to Celanese, where he
worked amongst others as Marketing Director and as Vice President
for Innovations. Between 2003 and 2009, Christian Kohlpaintner
worked for Chemische Fabrik Budenheim, where his last position was
CEO. In 2009, Christian Kohlpaintner joined Clariant in
Switzerland, where he had been a
member of the Executive Committee since then. Most recently he was
based in China and amongst others
responsible for the growth-oriented business areas of Clariant and
the whole region Asia.
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Contact:
Hubertus Spethmann
Brenntag AG
Corporate Communications
Messeallee 11
45131 Essen
Germany
Telephone: +49(201)6496-1732
E-mail: hubertus.spethmann@brenntag.de
https://www.brenntag.com