Clients across the energy and chemical sectors and the entire value chain rely on our search expertise and understanding of industry realities. Whether you are looking for a Regional President, General Manager Operations, Vice President Hydrogen, Director Digital Transformation, Head of Human Resources, or a Chief Innovation Officer, we will help you to find the right person. We’ll assess experience, culture, breadth of thinking and personal goals. You’ll get leaders who go beyond traditional boundaries and bring fresh skills and perspectives.
Competition is causing leaders to embrace digital technology. Across the integrated supply chain, automation and digital technologies already contribute to efficiency; now entire business processes require a re-think. A holistic approach led by executives with the skills to work across functional boundaries and integrate data along the entire value chain will enable agile companies to compete.
It’s time to embrace sustainability as a way of being. Consumer pressure and increasing legislation leave the industry with no other option. Whether its responding to climate change, air pollution or calls for a circular economy, energy transition and a sustainable approaches have become a condition for being in business. Handling the consequent complexity requires leaders with values that go beyond the bottom line.
When it comes to sustainability, we aspire to the same standards as our clients. We are proud to have been awarded a Bronze rating by Ecovadis in 2022.
The energy sector and the chemical industry needs leaders who can inspire, understand trends and disruptive change, and who are not afraid to fail. Fast, open innovation through collaboration, novel processes, and AI are just some of the elements that will redefine the future for energy and chemical companies and downstream processors.
It is LYB’s ambition to further develop the company’s unique solvent-based technology for low density polyethylene (LDPE) and build commercial plants in the future. This will enable LYB to produce new high-purity materials that can be used in applications like flexible packaging for personal care products, meeting the demands of customers and brand owners.
The company also announced a comprehensive cost reduction program with anticipated annualized pre-tax savings of approximately $175 million once fully implemented, including savings of $60 million in 2025. The multi-year program is focused on reducing structural costs primarily in Europe and in certain other global businesses.
The businesses outside these core areas will either be sold to new owners or integrated into partnerships. In some cases, businesses will be closed down responsibly. Altogether, the businesses affected by these changes generate €350 million in sales.