Holland Colours is pleased to announce that as of 1 November 2014 Margret Kleinsman is appointed Chief Financial Officer. She succeeds Marco Kok who – as announced earlier – will leave the company as of December 31, 2014.
Margret has gained a wealth of experience in finance, control, IT roles and in general management within AkzoNobel, amongst others in various business unit Finance & IT Director roles. Most recently she was Managing Director sub Business Unit Automotive & Aerospace Coatings Americas in Atlanta (USA). During her career she has twice worked and lived in the USA.
Johan Leugs has been appointed Director Innovation & Technology as per 1 November 2014. Johan has a wealth of experience in R&D- management en process (technology) related roles en has developed various innovative ideas and quality systems. He gained pigment and polymer knowledge at Ciba Specialty Chemicals.
Most recently he worked as Global Lead Process Development & Engineering at Sealed Air in the Netherlands, responsible for the global strategy of the International Process Development & Engineering group.
Both will report to Rob Harmsen, President of the company.
