MOSCOW (MRC) -- The Dow Chemical Company has announced that Johanna Soderstrom has been named corporate vice president of Human Resources and Corporate Aviation. Soderstrom succeeds Gregory Freiwald, who has announced his retirement from Dow after 35 years with the company, as per Dow's press release.
In this executive-level role, Soderstrom has leadership responsibility for Dow's global Human Resources strategy and operations, including oversight for Dow's Corporate Aviation team. Soderstrom's proven leadership and accomplishments position her well to drive Dow's HR strategy - enabling the company to maintain a competitive advantage by providing best-in-class people processes, programs and services for Dow's diverse, global workforce.
Soderstrom joined Dow in 1999 in Helsinki, Finland as the HR manager for the Nordic region. In 2000, she moved to Stade, Germany to serve as HR Workforce Planning Implementation leader and in 2003, was appointed Compensation & Benefits leader for Southern Europe, Middle East, Africa and India in Horgen, Switzerland.
In 2005, Soderstrom assumed the role of HR Business Partner for Dow’s Hydrocarbons & Energy business. After leaving Dow in 2006 to lead global Compensation & Benefits for Huhtamaki in Finland, Soderstrom rejoined Dow the next year as HR Geographic leader for Germany, and in 2009 assumed additional responsibility as HR director for Dow Europe, Middle East & Africa. In 2010, Soderstrom was appointed Global HR director for Dow’s Performance Materials Division in Midland, Mich., and was named vice president of Dow’s HR Center of Expertise in September 2012.
As MRC informed before, in September 2014, The Dow Chemical Company announced that Jack Broodo, president of Dow Chemical Canada ULC and director of feedstocks for the company’s North and Latin America regions has been named vice president of Investor Relations for the company.
The Dow Chemical Company is an American multinational chemical corporation. As of 2007, it is the second-largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue (after BASF) and as of February 2009, the third-largest chemical company in the world by market capitalization (after BASF and DuPont). Dow is a large producer of plastics, including polystyrene, polyurethane, polyethylene, polypropylene, and synthetic rubber. In 2013, Dow had annual sales of more than USD57 billion and employed approximately 53,000 people worldwide. The company's more than 6,000 products are manufactured at 201 sites in 36 countries across the globe.
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