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BASF PETRONAS APPOINTS MARKO MURTONEN AS MANAGING DIRECTOR

28/07/2020 05:29 PM

KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 -- BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn Bhd has appointed Marko Murtonen as its managing director, based in Malaysia, effective July 1, 2020.

In a statement today, the company said Murtonen succeeded Dr Sven Crone, who is preparing for a new assignment within the BASF group.

Murtonen holds a Master’s Degree in Science in Process and Chemical Engineering from the University of Oulu in Finland, it said.

“He joined the group in 2009 as site director at BASF Nederland B.V. Maastricht in the Netherlands.    Since then, he has held various management positions in the areas of production and site management in Finland, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.

“In 2012, he moved to Shanghai to head Shanghai BASF Polyurethane Company Ltd, a joint-venture company in China. Most recently, he was vice president of BASF and general manager of BASF Polyurethanes (Chongqing) Co Ltd, China,” the group added.

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