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BASF Announces Managing Board Changes

20.12.2016 - BASF has announced changes to its managing board as well as a redistribution of board responsibilities from May 13, 2017. Two executives are due to step down, with Margret Suckale...

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Sanofi Moves to Replace Medivation's Board

15.06.2016 - French drugmaker Sanofi today said it has filed definitive consent solicitation materials with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking to remove and replace the...

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Merck Appoints Executive Board Members

20.01.2016 - Germany’s Merck KGaA has appointed two new executive board members. Udit Batra and Walter Galinat, heads of the Life Science and Performance Materials business sectors respectively...

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DuPont Names Breen as Permanent CEO

10.11.2015 - As expected, DuPont has appointed interim CEO Edward Breen permanently to the top job. Following the abrupt departure of former CEO Ellen Kullman in mid-October, Breen was also...

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The Future Lies in the Genome

07.10.2015 - Kemal Malik, board member for innovation at the German Bayer Group, sees many similarities in the genetic system of humans, animals and plants. This opens the door for synergies in...

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BASF Extends Terms of Board Members

27.07.2015 - A year before appointment was originally scheduled to expire in 2016, the supervisory board of BASF has extended the terms of office of managing board chairman Kurt Bock (57) until...

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Board Changes in Store at Wacker-Chemie

25.06.2015 - Joachim Rauhut (61), chief financial officer of Wacker Chemie, will leave the company as planned when his contract expires on October 31, 2015, the Munich-based chemical group has...

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DuPont and Trian Fight for Their Director Candidates

14.04.2015 - Trian Fund Management, investment vehicle of DuPont activist shareholder Nelson Peltz, which currently owns shares in the chemical giant worth around $1.8 billion, has urged the...