12.24.14
Wacker Chemical Corporation named David Wilhoit as president & CEO. He joins the company following an extensive and progressive career within the Wacker organization. He succeeds Dr. Ingomar Kovar, who is retiring from the company.
Wilhoit’s appointment to Wacker Chemical Corporation as president & CEO involves overseeing the international business development for the company in the North America, Central America and Andes Regions. His primary concentration will include overall management responsibility for the company’s operations with a strategic emphasis focused on continued new business growth and new market entry.
Wilhoit began his career in 1990 with Wackers’s Siltronic Division in Portland, OR, advancing to the position of global account manager. In 2001, Wilhoit was promoted to the position of director of special projects and was posted to his first overseas assignment in Singapore, where he was responsible for supporting the development of the Asian/Pacific market. He was then reassigned to Tokyo, Japan and served as director of marketing for Japan.
Upon returning to the US in 2004, Wilhoit was named vice president, sales for the Americas Region. He was then subsequently reassigned to Japan in 2006 and served as president and representative director for Siltronic – Japan. In 2008, he returned to Singapore as president and CEO of Siltronic Samsung Wafer Pte. Ltd. (SSW).
In other news, Dr. Tobias Brandis has been named chief financial officer of Wacker Chemical Corporation. Dr. Brandis is responsible for accounting, controlling, treasury, procurement, logistics, IT and other corporate functions of the company.
He joins Wacker Chemical Corporation as CFO after having developed extensive experience within and outside the Wacker organization, particularly in the areas of M&A, strategic planning, corporate development and financing law.
Brandis was working at the global law firm of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Dusseldorf, Germany from 2000 through 2007. He joined Wacker Chemie AG, the Munich-based chemical company in 2007 in the legal department, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and corporate financing. In 2010, he was appointed to the position of senior vice president, corporate development, Wacker Chemie AG being responsible for Wacker’s group strategy, strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions and group organization.
Wilhoit’s appointment to Wacker Chemical Corporation as president & CEO involves overseeing the international business development for the company in the North America, Central America and Andes Regions. His primary concentration will include overall management responsibility for the company’s operations with a strategic emphasis focused on continued new business growth and new market entry.
Wilhoit began his career in 1990 with Wackers’s Siltronic Division in Portland, OR, advancing to the position of global account manager. In 2001, Wilhoit was promoted to the position of director of special projects and was posted to his first overseas assignment in Singapore, where he was responsible for supporting the development of the Asian/Pacific market. He was then reassigned to Tokyo, Japan and served as director of marketing for Japan.
Upon returning to the US in 2004, Wilhoit was named vice president, sales for the Americas Region. He was then subsequently reassigned to Japan in 2006 and served as president and representative director for Siltronic – Japan. In 2008, he returned to Singapore as president and CEO of Siltronic Samsung Wafer Pte. Ltd. (SSW).
In other news, Dr. Tobias Brandis has been named chief financial officer of Wacker Chemical Corporation. Dr. Brandis is responsible for accounting, controlling, treasury, procurement, logistics, IT and other corporate functions of the company.
He joins Wacker Chemical Corporation as CFO after having developed extensive experience within and outside the Wacker organization, particularly in the areas of M&A, strategic planning, corporate development and financing law.
Brandis was working at the global law firm of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Dusseldorf, Germany from 2000 through 2007. He joined Wacker Chemie AG, the Munich-based chemical company in 2007 in the legal department, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and corporate financing. In 2010, he was appointed to the position of senior vice president, corporate development, Wacker Chemie AG being responsible for Wacker’s group strategy, strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions and group organization.