Senior management

Nationality
Swiss

Skills and experience
Michael is an established public market CEO with a track record of driving performance through strong operational management and strategic actions, including M&A. He was previously CEO of Conzzeta AG (now Bystronic AG) in Zurich, a global industrial company listed on the SIX Swiss exchange. Before Conzzeta, Michael spent 18 years with Clariant, leading its global Industrial & Consumer Specialities division from 2010 to 2015. This followed 13 years in leadership roles in Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong, Canada and Turkey.

Nationality
British, Australian

Skills and experience
Lily is a highly experienced CFO. She has worked in the manufacturing and engineering sectors for more than 20 years, and joined Synthomer from Essentra plc, a FTSE 250 components and solutions business, where she was CFO. Lily was previously CFO at Xaar plc, a UK listed inkjet technology developer, and Smiths Detection business, a division of Smiths Group plc.

Nationality
German

Skills and experience
Jan has more than 15 years of experience in Strategy and M&A, last as Head of Strategy and M&A at Conzzeta AG, a Switzerland listed holding company with assets in Chemicals and Industrials (2017-2022). Prior to that, he spent 9 years at McKinsey & Company, last as Associate Partner, focusing on strategy, corporate transformations and corporate finance, serving clients globally across industries, including Chemicals, Medical and Industrial Technology. He began his career at Lehman Brothers in their M&A department in London. Jan holds a MBA from INSEAD, a MSc in Management from London School of Economics and a BA from the University of St. Gallen.

Nationality
Dutch

Skills and experience
In 2018, Alice was named Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer at Trinseo and joined its Executive Leadership Team. Alice joined Trinseo in 2017 as Director of Human Resources for Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. Previously, she served as Head of Human Resources for ADAMA Agricultural Solutions Europe (2013-2016). Prior to that, she was the Global Head of Human Resources & Change at Fiberweb Plc, a London listed global specialty industrial and construction materials business (2010-2013) and held other senior HR leadership roles at BG Group, a global oil and gas company (2005-2009); REXAM Plc, a global consumer packaging company (2001-2005); and EnerTel/Energis N.V., an independent data traffic and telecom services provider (1998-2000). Early in her career, Alice worked for Hay Management Consultants. She began her career at Andersen Consulting in 1994 as a change management consultant. Alice holds a Master of Arts in Social and Organizational Psychology from University of Leiden, The Netherlands.

Nationality
British

Skills and experience
Toby holds a Masters degree in chemistry and an MBA and has 24 years of experience in a variety of commercial managerial roles at ICI, Ineos, Axcentive and Mitsubishi Chemicals.  He joined Synthomer in 2016 with responsibility for a portfolio of speciality chemical businesses and has a strong track record of driving significant profit improvement and top line growth in these roles.

Nationality
Brazilian

Skills and experience
Ana joined Synthomer in March 2018 as Global Business Development Manager in our IS Division. She holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from IMT in Sao Paulo. She started her career at Ciba Specialty Chemicals in Brazil, followed by commercial roles in the UK, Brazil again and Switzerland. She then took a career break and founded and ran a small business as she started a family before joining Synthomer.

Nationality
American

Skills and experience
Marshall was previously chief technology officer and senior vice president of operations with OMNOVA Solutions. He has 35 years of experience in polymers and speciality chemicals, working with Borden Chemicals, GE Plastics and Chemtura, prior to joining OMNOVA in 2015. Assignments have included leadership positions in technology and innovation, quality assurance and process excellence, operations, government affairs and advocacy, marketing, and information technology. He holds a degree in chemistry and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt

Nationality
Dutch

Skills and experience
Rob was previously with Honeywell, where he held a variety of senior business leadership positions in the performance materials and home and building technologies divisions. Prior to Honeywell, he worked with Süd- Chemie (now Clariant) and Unilever’s/ICI’s (now Givaudan’s) flavour and fragrance division. Rob worked and lived for seven years in Asia Pacific, five years in the USA and 20 years across Europe. He has a chemical engineering degree from Eindhoven Technical University, an MSc from MIT and an MBA from INSEAD.

Nationality
British

Skills and experience
Anant joined Synthomer having spent five years at defence and security company Ultra Electronics Group, latterly as General Counsel, Europe and Asia Pacific. Before moving into industry, he worked at international law firm Slaughter and May, where he developed a broad corporate, commercial and M&A practice, including experience working in Hong Kong and Spain.