Armand Ajdari Appointed Chief Technology Officer of Arkema
December 02 2021 - 3:00AM
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Arkema (Paris:AKE):
Effective from 1 January 2022, Armand Ajdari will be joining
Arkema as the Group’s Chief Technology Officer. He will report to
Thierry Le Hénaff, Chairman and CEO, and will be a member of the
Group management committee.
The arrival of Armand Ajdari is fully aligned with the strategic
direction of Arkema, which places innovation and the development of
sustainable solutions at the heart of its strategy.
With more than 30 years dedicated to research and development in
international environments, particularly within the Saint-Gobain
group, Armand Ajdari will bring his passion of innovation, his
scientific culture, his experience of technological and commercial
relationships with key partners and his understanding of the
planet’s megatrends.
After a PhD in Theoretical Physics at the Pierre et Marie Curie
University in Paris, and an engineering diploma at the École
Polytechnique (France), Armand Ajdari undertook various
multidisciplinary research activities within the CNRS (Centre
National de la Recherche Scientifique) for 15 years.
He then joined the Saint-Gobain group in 2007 where he held
different positions, particularly as Senior Vice President R&D
for the Innovative Materials sector.
Since 2017, he has been Executive Vice President R&D of the
Saint-Gobain group.
Building on its unique set of expertise in materials science,
Arkema offers a portfolio of first-class technologies to
address ever-growing demand for new and sustainable materials. With
the ambition to become in 2024 a pure player in Specialty
Materials, the Group is structured into 3 complementary, resilient
and highly innovative segments dedicated to Specialty Materials
-Adhesive solutions, Advanced Materials, and Coating Solutions-
accounting for some 82% of Group sales in 2020, and a
well-positioned and competitive Intermediates segment. Arkema
offers cutting-edge technological solutions to meet the challenges
of, among other things, new energies, access to water, recycling,
urbanization and mobility, and fosters a permanent dialogue with
all its stakeholders. The Group reported sales of around €8 billion
in 2020, and operates in some 55 countries with 20,600 employees
worldwide.
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