WAALWIJK, the Netherlands, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/
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Current CEO Stef Kranendijk Becomes Chairman Effective October 1,
2012
Effective October 1, 2012, Stef Kranendijk will step down as Chief
Executive Officer of Desso Holding BV ('Desso') and take up the
position of Chairman. In this position he will, next to being
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, take up an executive role
focusing on areas as described below. At the same time Alexander
Collot d'Escury (48), currently Chief Commercial Officer, will be
appointed Chief Executive Officer.
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Stef Kranendijk comments: "Desso has gone through a healthy
transformation over the past 5 years making it a company that
continuously innovates through Creativity, Functionality and Cradle
to Cradle(R). Thanks to the efforts of all employees this has led
to consistent significant growth of Desso's market share and
profitability. I have great confidence that Alexander will continue
to lead Desso to even higher levels."
In his role as Chairman Stef will, next to his supervisory role,
continue to drive the implementation of the Cradle to Cradle(R)
philosophy within Desso and will continue to communicate externally
Desso's progress in having all products Cradle to Cradle(R)
certified by 2020. In addition he will continue to give support to
the development of key markets that are relatively underdeveloped
for Desso, both within and outside of Europe.
Website: http://www.desso.com
SOURCE﹛Desso Group BV