Archroma recently announced that it has appointed Thomas Bucher its new chief financial officer (CFO), effective October 1, 2021. He succeeds Roland Waibel, who will retire.

Bucher has held CFO roles with leading industrial and services companies, as well as senior finance roles in the chemical sector. He joins Archroma from Alpiq Holding AG, where he has been group CFO and a member of the executive management board since 2015. Prior to Alpiq, Bucher served as group CFO at Gategroup for six years, as well as a number of senior finance roles at Ciba Specialty Chemicals for more than 12 years.

“We are very happy to have Thomas Bucher join us, and add his financial expertise to support our agenda towards confirming Archroma as an undisputed leader in innovative and sustainable specialty chemicals, supported by solid and profitable growth,” said Heike van de Kerkhof, CEO. “I want to thank Roland Waibel for his many contributions since the beginning of Archroma in 2013. He has played an important role helping the company deliver on our growth whilst building a strong finance expert team and expertise at Archroma.”

“I am very excited to join Archroma and a team who has shown amazing agility and market relevance in the recent years, transforming itself to operate ever more efficiently, profitably and sustainably,” Bucher said.

Learn more about Archroma at www.archroma.com.