Röhm announces new CEO

The Supervisory Board of Röhm GmbH appointed Dr. Hans Bohnen as Managing Director effective February 1, 2024, taking over the CEO role from Dr. Michael Pack, who will retire as of March 1, 2024.

Dr. Michael Pack (left) will retire and pass his CEO role to Dr. Hans Bohnen.

The change of leadership at the top of Röhm has been planned long-term and will take place seamlessly during the first quarter with a joint handover period for the top management.

In recent years, Dr. Hans Bohnen successfully held international management positions in various chemical companies. Hans Bohnen began his career at Hoechst AG and then took on various management roles at Celanese, SGL Carbon and the strategy consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton.

In 2018, Hans Bohnen was appointed to the Management Board of Clariant AG. Since mid-2023, Hans Bohnen has been appointed as Group CEO of HyCC.

“With Dr. Hans Bohnen, we are gaining a proven industry expert who brings international experience from various chemical companies to the new role and brings comprehensive know-how of the respective market, technology and strategy,” said Ronald Ayles, Managing Partner at Advent International.

Dr. Dahai Yu, Chairman of the Röhm Supervisory Board, concluded that the company is convinced that, together with other two colleagues Dr. Hans-Peter Hauck and Martin Krämer, Dr. Hans Bohnen will continue to drive the strategic direction of Röhm and lead the company into the future.