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Tatiana Kalman takes over as head of BASF Personal Care Europe


BASF has appointed Tatiana Kalman as head of its Personal Care Europe regional business unit and managing director of BASF Personal Care and Nutrition GmbH located in Monheim, Germany, effective 1 July. She succeeds Dr. Marko


Grozdanovic, who has taken up the responsibility for BASF's Global Strategic Marketing Agricultural Solutions unit, part of its agrochemicals business. Prior to her current role, Kalman


was senior vice president of BASF’s Performance Chemicals business for North and South America. In the last two and a half years she has been responsible for the development of that unit, which is serving industries like automotive manufacturing, electric engineering,


packaging, sports and leisure, household and construction. She is familiar with the Personal


Care business as she had been leading the Care Chemicals business of BASF in South America from 2017 to 2020. Overall, Kalman has been


working for BASF for more than 20 years, starting her career with a traineeship after getting her degree and master’s degree in economics from the university Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP) and Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), Brazil, respectively. In the first ten years of her


career, she worked in the upstream area of Industrial Chemicals, while in the last 11 years she was focusing


Sam Farmer elected president of UK SCS


Sam Farmer, the owner of gender neutral personal care product maker SamFarmer Skincare, has been elected president of the UK Society of Cosmetic Scientists (SCS). Farmer takes over from Laura


Kirkbride, who becomes Immediate Past President of the trade body while Shona Bear, quality and technical manager at Superdrug, becomes SCS vice-president. Bear returns to the SCS council


as having previously been a member from 2015-2018, while completely new to council are Emma Catchpole (head of formulation, No.7 Beauty), Anne-Laure Fonteneau (head of R&D, The Body Shop) and Dan Whitby (chief scientist, Smink Laboratories). “Complex global supply chain issues, dramatic increases in manufacturing costs and environmental concerns to recruitment shortages and navigating the ever-changing trade and tax environment,” said Farmer. "However, the SCS is creating


exciting opportunities in this new era, hosting the IFSCC in September, continuing to work with the Science Council towards members being able to apply to become registered scientists, organising SCS Formulate, investing in both the Diploma in Cosmetic Science and


Tatiana Kalman


on downstream areas such as Nutrition & Health, Care Chemicals and Performance Chemicals in the Americas. In the first years of her career, she has been managing different roles in controlling, sales and marketing. For the past 15 years,


she has been in charge of business management. “I am extremely happy to be


back to the Care Chemicals division of BASF and especially the Personal Care business,” she said. “This business is close to my heart, and I am convinced we can create an even brighter future with the combination of a science based, experienced team, which is at the same time very motivated and committed. Innovative and sustainable solutions will continue to be core to address our customers.” BASF's Personal Care business


in Europe is headquartered in Monheim, Germany, where Kalman will take the role of managing director for the legal entity.


Sustainability expert Aris Vrettos joins Croda


Croda International has appointed Aris Vrettos to the newly created director of sustainability strategy and transformation position. The role will be Vrettos’ first


Sam Farmer


Introduction to Cosmetic Science (ICS) educational courses whilst also focusing on connecting and encouraging the next generation of young scientists.” Other elected members of the


SCS Council include: ■ Susan Ayton, founder and managing director, Ayton Global Research ■ Kalliopi Dodou, researcher, University of Sunderland ■ Mohammed Jamal, chief perfumer and cosmetic chemist, Jamal Perfumers ■ Majella Lane, senior lecturer, UCL School of Pharmacy ■ Christine Lawson, sustainability affairs manager, CTPA ■ Peter Taylor, former associate professor in pharmaceutics, De Montfort University.


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within a commercial organisation, having previously been director of the Centre for Business Transformation at the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Croda said Vrettos, who has


more than 15 years’ experience of sustainability science, policy, finance, and business leadership, will challenge the chemicals firm to “stretch its already industry- leading sustainability ambitions and commitments”. The new position will also see the


sustainability expert support Croda’s business sectors in further enhancing their sustainability strategies by working in partnership with their customers and suppliers. In addition, Vrettos will oversee


development of Croda's sustainability competencies and training programmes to enable employees to contribute to achieving the company’s Commitment to be Climate, Land and People Positive by 2030. "I am genuinely delighted to


be joining Croda, a science-led company with authentic leadership


Aris Vrettos


and ambition on sustainability,” he said.


“I look forward to working


with my new colleagues, our customers and other stakeholders in the exciting journey ahead to further enhance Croda's impact and influence and provide the sustainable solutions needed for the next decade and beyond." Phil Ruxton, Croda


International’s chief sustainability officer, added: “Aris has a deep passion for delivering positive impacts to planet and society through commercial organisations. “This extensive experience


will enable us to turbocharge our approach to meeting our 2030 commitment and look beyond this to what sustainability leadership must mean in future decades”.


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