Borealis announced the appointment of Lucrèce Foufopoulos to the Borealis Executive Board as Executive Vice President Polyolefins and Innovation and Technology, effective January 1, 2019. In this capacity, she succeeds Alfred Stern, who previously held this position and was appointed Borealis CEO in July 2018.

Lucrèce Foufopoulos joins Borealis after a distinguished and varied career of more than 20 years in the chemical and petrochemical industry. Most recently, she served Eastman Chemical as Vice President and General Manager of the Rubber Additives business unit, after joining the company in 2014 in the role of Corporate Vice President Marketing and Sales, leading a company-wide commercial transformation initiative. Lucrèce Foufopoulos is also a board member of Royal Vopak, the world’s leading independent tank storage company.

Prior to joining Eastman Chemical, Lucrèce Foufopoulos held a variety of positions at prime multinationals, including Dow Chemical, Rohm and Haas, Dow Corning and Tyco. Her responsibilities have included general/business (P&L) leadership, commercial, marketing and strategy leadership, as well as research and application development across a broad range of industries spanning transportation, healthcare, food and nutrition, electronics, construction, oil and gas and water treatment, in Belgium, France, Switzerland, China and the United States.

Lucrèce Foufopoulos holds a European Master’s degree in Polymer and Composites Engineering from the University of Leuven, a Master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Ghent, both in Belgium, and executive business education from Insead in Paris, France and IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is married and holds dual Belgian-Swiss citizenship.