New leader for Dow in Europe

Midland, Michigan - Heinz Haller, executive vice president and chief commercial officer of Dow, has been named executive vice president, president of Dow Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and chief commercial officer.

From 1 Aug, Haller will lead Dow’s geographic strategies in EMEA, as well as continue to be responsible for corporate marketing & sales and commercial new business growth activities.

He will also continue on Dow’s AgroSciences members committee and its new Olympics business unit will continue to report to him. In addition, he will continue as a member of Dow’s executive leadership committee, its business operations team and strategy board.

Haller joined Dow in 1980 as a sales representative in Horgen, Switzerland and developed his career in several marketing and commercial roles across many Dow businesses including emulsion polymers, speciality chemicals and chlorinated solvents.

In 1994, Haller left Dow and joined the chemical distribution company, Plüss-Staufer AG, as managing director, a position he held for five years before being appointed CEO of Red Bull Sauber AG and Sauber Petronas Engineering AG.

In March 2002, he moved to Allianz Capital Partners GmbH as one of the company’s managing directors and remained there for four years until he rejoined Dow.

Haller returned to Dow in June 2006 and assumed an executive leadership role in a variety of areas including one in Performance Products. He was named to his current role in August 2010.

Haller holds a master’s degree in business administration from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland and earned a certification in the advanced executive program from UCLA, Los Angeles, California.