Specialty materials and intermediates provider Arkema announced new appointments to the group’s executive committee. The changes to the executive committee are going into effect on September 1 and October 1, depending on the appointment. 

Sophie Fouillat has been appointed as the group’s executive vice president, strategy, effective October 1, 2024, replacing Bernard Boyer who is retiring. Tilo Quink has joined the group as senior vice president, Performance Additives, effective September 1, 2024, stepping into a position previously held by Laurent Tellier. Tellier, also a member of Arkema’s executive committee, has been appointed senior vice president, High Performance Polymers and Fluorogases, effective September 1, 2024, replacing Erwoan Pezron. Pezron will now be the advisor to the chairman and chief executive officer while remaining a member of the executive committee until his retirement at the end of the year.

Thierry Le Hénaff, Arkema’s chairman and chief executive officer, said, “I would like to thank Bernard Boyer for his great contribution to the development of the group since its creation. His strategic foresight, his unique knowledge of the chemical sector and his common sense have been invaluable assets in Arkema's transformation. I also take this opportunity to thank Erwoan Pezron for his technical leadership and his commitment to our customers, and for his contribution to the growth of the activities he has run within Arkema.”

Fouillat joined Arkema at its creation in 2006 to head Investor Relations, then Financial Communication, and finally Strategic Planning. Since 2022, she was strategy and M&A director at Bostik. A graduate of HEC Paris, Fouillat began her career at Total in the Tax Consolidation department and later moved to the International Taxation departments.

Quink has over 20 years of experience in industry in various general business management functions in China and Germany. Arkema explained that this range of industrial and international experience will be a genuine asset to continue the transformation of mature businesses and the development of fast-growing activities. Since 2019, Quink was global director of Henkel's Packaging Adhesives, Coatings & Sealants business. An economics and marketing graduate of the University of Trier, he began his career at Thyssenkrupp where he held the position of managing director, China. In 2018 he joined Henkel as corporate VP, Consumer Goods & Packaging Adhesives, Europe.

Tellier also has over 20 years of experience in industry and international business, particularly in the three major regions in which Arkema operates: Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Since 2023, he has been senior vice president, Performance Additives. A graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École des Ponts Paris Tech, Tellier worked at Saint-Gobain for 20 years before joining Arkema. He has managed a wide range of businesses, from activities further upstream in the value chain to B-to-C activities, within the Ceramics, Abrasives and Composite Systems and the Surface Solutions businesses.

Chaired by Le Hénaff, Arkema's executive committee will now comprise the following individuals: Marc Schuller, chief operating officer, Coating Solutions, Intermediates, and Advanced Materials; Marie-José Donsion, chief financial officer; Sophie Fouillat, executive vice president, Strategy; Luc Benoit-Cattin, executive vice president, Industry and CSR; Richard Jenkins, senior vice president Coating Solutions; Vincent Legros, executive vice president Adhesive Solutions (Bostik); Thierry Parmentier, executive vice president, Human Resources and Corporate Communication; Tilo Quink, senior vice president, Performance Additives; and Laurent Tellier, senior vice president, High Performance Polymers and Fluorogases. 

Learn more about Arkema at www.arkema.com.