Professor Peter Schreiner, University of Gießen, has been elected President of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
New GDCh President
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New President of the Slovak Chemical Society
Dr. Monika Jerigova, Bratislava, has been elected President of the Slovak Chemical Society (SCHS, Slovenská chemická spoločnosť)
New President of the Belgian-Walloon Royal Society of Chemistry
Laurent Provins, UCB Pharma, Belgium, will be President of the Société Royale de Chimie (SRC)
Carsten Knobel New Henkel CEO
Carsten Knobel succeeds Hans Van Bylen as Henkel CEO

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