Appointed: 8 May 2025. Will become CEO from 1 July 2025.
Skills and contribution: Damien brings strong leadership skills and extensive business experience in specialities across several markets. He has an established track record of strategic organic and inorganic growth, innovation and transformation of global advanced materials and processing aids and a strong technical and international background, having lived and worked in the United States, Germany and France.
Past experience: Before joining Morgan Advanced Materials in 2022 as President of the Thermal Products Division, Damien held senior business group and business leadership roles at BASF from 2017 to 2022 and Imerys from 2011 to 2016.
External appointments: None.