Stephan B. Tanda (Austrian) studied polymer engineering at the University of
Leoben, Austria, and Business Administration at the Wharton Business School of
the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Stephan started his career in 1991 as Business Segment Manager Europe - Nomex®
/Kevlar® Protective Apparel with DuPont in Switzerland. After assignments in
Finance and Operations with DuPont in the USA, he was appointed Global
Business Director, based In Luxembourg. In 1998 Stephan became Director
Corporate Planning and later Vice President Strategic Planning & New Business
Development Agriculture, Nutrition and Bio-Based Materials for DuPont in the
USA.
In 2000 he was appointed President of Protein Technologies International, Inc.
and later President and CEO of The Solae Company, USA, a Joint Venture between
DuPont and Bunge in the area of food innovation and food ingredient
manufacturing. Stephan was instrumental in driving the creation and launch of
the Solae® consumer ingredient brand concept for healthy foods.
In 2004 Stephan was appointed President and CEO of Freudenberg Nonwovens, a
global group of industrial businesses, based in Weinheim, Germany, and Durham,
USA.
He became a member of DSM’s Managing Board on 1 May 2007.
Supervisory directorships and other positions held:
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board member of EuropaBio (European
Biotechnology Industry Association)
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board member of SGCI
(Swiss Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry Association)
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board member of ACC
(American Chemistry Council)
Stephan.Tanda@dsm.com
