Michelman announces European managing director

Michelman has hired Jean-Marc Verhaeghe as its new managing director for Europe. 

Verhaeghe will be responsible for providing strategic leadership in Europe, across all five of Michelman’s global business units. This year, he will focus on developing the company’s expanding infrastructure, including staff and physical resources while improving the customer experience.
 
Verhaeghe holds a degree in chemical/textile engineering from the State School of Engineering of Ghent in Belgium. He previously held various director roles at the Honeywell Corporation, the 3M Corporation, and most recently served as director, global marketing, speciality engineering plastics with Polyone. His background includes technical, commercial, operational and senior management experience. 
 
Steve Shifman, president and CEO at Michelman, said: ‘Jean-Marc brings a wealth of global and local industry knowledge and experience, while working in multinational matrixed organizations.  His rich background and ability to deal with complex, global organizational structures such as the one we have at Michelman, makes him a perfect fit for this very important position.  He will serve Michelman, and ultimately our customers well.’

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