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Thursday 9 November 2017

Covestro makes leadership changes; appoints new CEO




Covestro LLC announced that Jerry MacCleary, currently president and managing director of Covestro LLC and head of the polyurethanes business unit in North America, will assume new responsibilities as chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the board, effective 1 Feb 2018.
MacCleary will be succeeded in his role as head of the polyurethanes business unit by Christine Bryant, currently head of coatings, adhesives and specialties.
Dr Erik Haakan Jonsson, currently chief operating officer (COO), will succeed MacCleary as president and managing director of Covestro LLC. 
MacCleary, who currently represents Covestro as vice chairman of the board, a member of the executive committee and an officer at the American Chemistry Council (ACC), will become chairman of the ACC Executive Committee 1 Jan 2018.
MacCleary joined Covestro (then part of Bayer) in 1979 as an accountant, before embarking on a diverse career path that included sales, marketing and strategic management roles throughout the United States and Germany. In 2004, MacCleary was named head of the North American polyurethanes business unit – a role he maintained after becoming president of Covestro LLC in 2012. 
MacCleary led Covestro's North American business through its separation from Bayer AG and establishment as an independent company in 2015.

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