Altana Announces New Leadership
Prof. Dr. Frank Richter named new chairman of Altana’s supervisory board.

Prof. Dr. Frank Richter
Source: Altana
The specialty chemicals group Altana (Wesel, Germany) has a new chairman of the supervisory board. Prof. Dr. Frank Richter, who has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Altana since May 2020, has been elected to this position. The industrial engineer and managing director
SKion GmbH takes over from Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber, the former chairman of the management board of Altana. Dr. Wolfgruber, who has been a member of the supervisory board since March 2016 and its chairman since May 2020, stepped down due to reaching the age limit at the end of his term.
Mr. Ruud Joosten, who has been CEO of the Executive Board of Royal BAM Group since 2020, was newly elected to the Supervisory Board. Ulrich Gajewiak and Dr. Susanne Klatten continue in their roles as deputy chairpersons of the Supervisory Board.
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