OBERHAUSEN, Germany – The global chemical company Oxea has announced a change to its leadership team. For personal and family reasons, Neil Robertson, member of the management team of the Oxea Group and Managing Director of Oxea GmbH with responsibility for finance, accounting and IT, will retire at the end of 2011. To ensure a smooth transition, his successor, Bernhard Spetsmann, joined Oxea in October 2010 as a new member of the management team of the Oxea Group and as Managing Director of Oxea GmbH.

Initially, Spetsmann was responsible for Mergers & Acquisitions and strategic projects and has assumed increasing responsibility in the areas of finance, accounting and IT. He assumed complete responsibility for these areas July 1, 2011. As planned, Robertson will stay with Oxea until the end of the year. During this time, his focus will be on strategic projects.