Jos Schneiders will be appointed as president of DSM Netherlands BV and DSM Limburg BV. In this position, Schneiders, currently president of Animal Nutrition and Health (ANH) within DSM Nutritional Products, will succeed Frans Pistorius, who will retire at the same date after a career of 22 years with DSM. The appointment of Schneiders is subject to the advice from the relevant Works Councils.
Leendert Staal, presently Business Group director at DSM Pharmaceutical Products, will be appointed president of DSM Nutritional Products, reporting to Stephan Tanda, member of the Managing Board of DSM.