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5 Apr 2012

Lonza Names New CEO

Richard Ridinger has been named chief executive officer of Lonza and will take over the role on May 1.

Richard Ridinger has been named chief executive officer of Lonza at a board meeting on April 2. Mr. Ridinger will take over the role on May 1.

 

Chairman Rolf Soiron held the job on an interim basis since the end of January, when Stefan Borgas was fired. "Richard Ridinger could be a person who grew up with Lonza,” said Mr. Soiron. “He is a chemical engineer who knows our industries, customers and products. With Richard Ridinger, we were not only able to attract a man of action and team player, but also a winning personality.” 

 

Mr. Ridinger has held numerous leadership functions at Henkel for 14 years and Cognis for 11 years. Most recently, he was responsible for Care Chemicals, the largest sector at Cognis, with appr

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