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DSM Dyneema hires Golnar Motahari Pour as new president

31 Jul '15

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DSM Dyneema has appointed Golnar Motahari Pour, a German national with extensive global management experience, as the new president of the company.

Golnar has been engaged with the company in the last couple of months, as an independent business strategy and operations consultant. She is well-versed in materials sciences. From 1993 to 2007, she held several management positions at General Electric Corp. in the plastics, silicones, and consumer products businesses. Prior to joining DSM, Golnar was a member of the European Executive Committee responsible for Emerald Kalama Chemical's plasticizer business in Europe and the Middle East.

She has vast international business experience in the chemical industry, having lived and worked in the Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, Hungary, France, and Germany. Golnar holds a Master of Arts degree and is a postgraduate in Ecology from the Applied Sciences Faculty of the University of Brussels, according to a press release.

Golnar succeeds Gerard de Reuver, who has elected to step down as the president of DSM Dyneema on 1 August 2015. Gerard will take on a new role in a corporate culture project, reporting to Dimitri de Vreeze, member of the DSM Managing Board. (GK)

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