Cabot Corp. recently announced that Thierry Vanlancker has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective July 12, 2024. He was also appointed a member of the Audit Committee of the board, effective July 12, 2024. 

Prior to his retirement, Vanlancker was chief executive officer and a director of the paint and coatings provider AkzoNobel NV from 2017 to 2022. Prior to joining AkzoNobel, Vanlancker was president of Fluoroproducts and the EMEA region at The Chemours Co., a global provider of performance chemicals, from 2015 to 2016, and from 1988 to 2015 held various positions within the Dupont. Vanlancker has been a member of the Board of Directors of SIKA AG since 2019 and has been chairman of the board since March 2024. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Aliaxis SA, a manufacturer of plastic piping systems for buildings, infrastructure, and industry since 2020, and chairman of the board since 2022, and a member of the Board of Directors of Stahl since May 2024, and Etex NV, a manufacturer of building materials, since 2021. 

Michael M. Morrow, non-executive chair of the Cabot Board of Directors, said, “We are very pleased to welcome Thierry to our board. Having held various management positions in the chemical sector for more than 30 years, Thierry brings with him extensive global and industrial experience. He possesses in-depth knowledge of strategy, product development, sales, and marketing with specific know-how in chemicals markets and distribution. His strong expertise in the management of international companies, management of differentiated channels to market and in-depth experience with sustainability strategy will further enhance the Board’s depth of expertise and capabilities that are necessary to oversee the Company’s Creating for Tomorrow strategy.”

“I am honored to join the Cabot Board of Directors. Cabot has innovative technologies and many exciting opportunities for growth. I look forward to helping Cabot capitalize on those opportunities and further advance their strategy and objectives in the years to come,” said Vanlancker.

Learn more about Cabot at www.cabotcorp.com.