Last week, Michael Grun was named and took over as the new CEO and President of the WeylChem Group of Companies. After holding management positions at Lanxess and Munzing Chemie, the 54-year-old was most recently employed as M&A advisor at WeylChem owner International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG).
He succeeds Uwe Brunk, who has decided to step down from these functions after four and a half years and will in turn support ICIG in its growth projects in the future.
“We would like to thank Uwe Brunk for his commitment over the past years in successfully developing the WeylChem Group further. I am pleased that we can continue to leverage his expertise in ICIG’s special initiatives and M&A projects in his new role. At the same time, I am happy that with Michael Grun we have been able to attract an accomplished industry expert who will successfully lead WeylChem into the future based on his profound growth expertise,” said Christoph Sprenger, CEO of ICIG.
Source: worldofchemicals.com
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