MOSCOW (MRC) -- Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, announces that Helen Mets, currently Business Group Director DSM Resins & Functional Materials, is appointed as Executive Vice President Materials per 1 March 2020, said the company.
Helen Mets will succeed Dimitri de Vreeze who was appointed Co-CEO of DSM together with Geraldine Matchett, as of 15 February 2020. Helen will become member of the Executive Committee of DSM.
Helen, a British and Dutch national, holds a Master’s degree in Marketing and a Bachelor’s degree in Business & Finance from the University of Northumbria, Newcastle. She is also a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program. She joined DSM in August 2017 in her current role of Business Group Director DSM Resins & Functional Materials. In this role, Helen was instrumental in developing and executing a growth transformation for the Resins business, and strengthening the portfolio and innovation pipeline, as well as shaping the digital journey within DSM Resins & Functional Materials.
Before joining DSM, Helen held several senior leadership positions in Avery Dennison, including leading its global Specialty Materials Businesses, and Pon Holdings in the Netherlands. Helen has a proven record in business transformations and developing business in emerging countries.
In her new role, Helen will report to Dimitri de Vreeze, Co-CEO of DSM. Helen will continue her role as Business Group Director DSM Resins & Functional Materials ad interim.
In 2019, sales at the Nutrition division stood at EUR6.03bn, while Materials posted EUR2.75bn. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) at the Materials division came in at EUR509m, while Nutrition's stood at EUR1.25bn.
As MRC informed earlier, DSM entered into an agreement with Borealis, Austria to sell DEXPlastomers, a joint venture of DSM and a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Chemical. DEXPlastomers is a 50:50 joint venture between DSM and Exxon Chemical Holland Ventures that manufactures C8 plastomers and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE).
As per MRC's ScanPlast, December total LLDPE production in Russia dropped to 21,000 tonnes, whereas this figure was 25,200 tonnes a month earlier. Kazanorgsintez and Nizhnekamskneftekhim reduced their output. Thus, overall LLDPE production reached 232,300 tonnes in 2019, compared to 175,500 tonnes a year earlier. Producers from Tatarstan raised their polyethylene (PE) production, with Kazanorgsintez showing the largest increase. A new production was also launched at ZapSibNeftekhim at the end of last year.
Royal DSM is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials. DSM delivers innovative solutions that nourish, protect and improve performance in global markets such as food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical and electronics, life protection, alternative energy and bio-based materials.
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