Matthias Graf von Armansperg Named Sales & Marketing Director, Europe, for Elemica: Leading Global Network for Chemicals
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http://recherche.newsaktuell.de/galerie.htx?type=obsElemica, a neutral network founded by some of the world's leading chemical companies to serve the global chemical industry, today named Matthias Graf von Armansperg sales & marketing director, Europe for Elemica. Von Armansperg will be responsible for leading Elemica's recently appointed European business development team and guiding their efforts to support client needs within global markets.
According to Bertrand Petit, chief operating officer for Elemica Europe, "Von Armansperg brings Elemica more than 10 years of chemicals industry experience in sales, marketing and product management functions. He also played an instrumental role in the conception and formation of Elemica during the last year as a delegate from BASF to Elemica. His understanding of Elemica's business goals and long-term strategy is evident and necessary for guiding our business development team in Europe."
As director of plastics sales to the automotive industry in Europe, von Armansperg established the first pan-European key account organization within BASF and piloted the crossborder implementation of Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Most recently, he served in the BASF marketing consultancy and focused on product sales, marketing and positioning strategies in Europe, Asia and the United States.
Before joining BASF, von Armansperg worked as a consultant for Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., Düsseldorf, where he was responsible for the reorganization of the European sales division of a leading chemical company, the diversification strategy for an energy and engineering firm and the market entry strategy for a company in the table and giftware industry.
Von Armansperg is a Hanns-Seidel Scholar and received an MBA from INSEAD University in Fountainebleau, France. Additionally, he is a University of Miami Fulbright Scholar in environmental engineering and completed several postgraduate training courses in management and international studies.
About Elemica
Elemica is a premier global neutral network for the contract buying and selling of chemicals. The company will offer an integrated, end-to-end system, enabling buyers and sellers to streamline their business processes for contract sales and improve negotiation, contract management, order fulfillment and payment. Elemica's comprehensive solution creates powerful efficiencies and offers support that extends from pre-sales through negotiation and contracting, and continues through the transaction, supply chain, and after-sales processes. Phased rollouts of full integration services are scheduled for 2001.
The network's 22 investors include: Air Products and Chemicals, ATOFINA, BASF, Bayer, BP, Brenntag, Celanese, ChemCentral, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Degussa, The Dow Chemical Company, DSM, DuPont, Millennium Chemicals, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Mitsui Chemicals, Rhodia, Rohm and Haas, Shell, Solvay, Sumitomo Chemical and Vopak.
Contact:
Neil Gussman
Elemica, Inc.
Phone +1 (215) 599-1200 ext. 1299
E-mail: ngussman@elemica.com
Stefan Oberdörfer
Citigate Demuth GmbH
Phone +49 (69) 170071-68
E-mail: oberdoerfer@citigate-demuth.de
Internet: www.elemica.com