LONDON--Akzo Nobel N.V. (AKZA.AE) said Thursday that it has named Thierry F.J. Vanlancker as the head of specialty chemicals division, effective Feb. 1, 2017.

The paints and coatings company said Mr. Vanlancker will succeed Werner Fuhrmann, who has decided to retire from the company next year. Mr. Vanlancker was most recently president of Fluoroproducts for Chemours, the spin-off company of DuPont's chemical businesses formed in 2015.

 

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