Brenntag, a chemicals and ingredients distributor, continues to develop its governance and organizational structures, both for the Group and the two Brenntag divisions. As of August 1, 2023, the Management Board of Brenntag SE will consist of four members: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brenntag Group Christian Kohlpaintner, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Brenntag Group Kristin Neumann as well as of two divisional CEOs. Ewout van Jarwaarde, current Chief Transformation Officer (CTO), has been appointed by the Supervisory Board of Brenntag SE to lead the Brenntag Essentials division as CEO Brenntag Essentials as of August 1, 2023. Michael Friede will continue to lead the Specialties division and accordingly will become CEO Brenntag Specialties by the same date.
“Brenntag has reached a point in its transformation where it is all about execution and implementing the strategy along our clearly laid out roadmap,” says Christian Kohlpaintner, CEO Brenntag Group. “Brenntag is fully focused on delivering against its four-pillar ‘Strategy to Win’ composed by our Divisional Strategies, Sustainability, M&A, and our Digital.Data.Excellence program. As our conceptual work is completed, Project Brenntag is successfully executed and as we are moving to clear line responsibilities to execute our strategy, we have decided to discontinue the CTO role established in the beginning of 2021 on board level. Assigning the responsibilities to the various board members, allows us to move to a four-member board now.”