Solvay appoints Philippe Kehren as president of Soda Ash & Derivatives

Dec 18, 2020

Brussels, December 18, 2020

Solvay has appointed Philippe Kehren, currently head of Soda Ash Europe, as president of its global business unit Soda Ash & Derivatives. He will start from January 1, 2021.

Throughout his career, Kehren has accumulated a wide range of experience, from finance and managing clean energy production to leading transformation projects and customer relations in the EMEA region. He has lived both in the United States and in Europe.

Kehren joined Rhone Poulenc in 1996 as a process engineer, followed by roles including finance director of Solvay’s former Polyamides business in Chalampé, France; director of a business unit leading clean energy production units in Europe, Asia and Latin America; and as director and vice president, Europe, for Solvay Energy Services, in charge of business development.

He obtained his Master of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1995 from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States. He is a graduate of the IFP School and of the Ecole Polytechnique, both in Paris, France.

Kehren succeeds Christophe Clémente, who leaves Solvay for a new role, after 9 years of service to Solvay, the past six of which as president of Soda Ash & Derivatives.

About Solvay

Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 24,100 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. The Group’s innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world’s top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €10.2 billion in 2019. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels (SOLB) and Paris and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program. Learn more at www.solvay.com .