Dirk Van Meirvenne changes from Bayer to Lanxess
Dirk Van Meirvenne to take charge of Advanced Industrial Intermediates business unit
Effective May 1, 2016, Dirk Van Meirvenne (52) will take charge of the Advanced Industrial intermediates business unit at specialty chemicals company LANXESS. His predecessor Hubert Fink was appointed to the Board of Management of LANXESS AG on October 1, 2015 and has since been acting head of the business unit.
Dirk Van Meirvenne will be the new head of the Advanced Industrial Intermediates business unit.
LANXESS AG
Holder of a PhD in chemistry, Van Meirvenne was born in Belgium in 1963 and started his career at Bayer Antwerpen NV. Following an assignment in Thailand, he worked for Bayer Polymers in Krefeld and later for Bayer Material Science in Leverkusen. His most recent position with the Bayer Group, which he took up in May 2010, was Global Head and Managing Director of Bayer Technology Services GmbH.
The business unit forms part of LANXESS’ Advanced Intermediates segment, which recorded sales of EUR 1.6 billion in fiscal 2014 and has a current headcount of around 2,000.
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