INTERVIEW SERIES

Executive Insights

Sam Yates interviews senior leaders from the manufacturing industry, with the aim of understanding their career journey, the lessons they have learned and the advice that they would give to others looking to achieve executive positions in their career. These casual conversations provide unique insight into the path to executive leadership within diverse process industries such as fuels, polymers and specialty chemicals.

#12 Mario Tommaselli, Chief Operating Officer – Project Delivery and Services at Technip Energies

Mario shares his leadership lessons and turning points that shaped his career from process engineering to executive recruitment.

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#11 Monica Mauri, Former CHRO and Board Member at ERIKS

Monica shares the hard-won lessons from her 20+ year journey through ERIKS, Staples, and Randstad, discussing burnout amongst executives, biases and diversity challenges.

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#10 Laurence Noël, EVP & Head of Automotive at Capgemini, Former SVP of Circular Economy Business Unit at Stellantis

Laurence reflects on current challenges and opportunities within the Automotive Industry and explains how in her view collaboration and agility will drive leadership in the Automotive Industry.

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#09 Monika Maurer, Board Member at Valmet, Former COO of Nokia, CEO of RFS

Monika reflects on navigating industry disruptions, repositioning businesses for growth, and what it takes to lead through uncertainty.

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#08 Keith Cutter, Vice President of Talent Strategy at Delek US

Keith shares his unconventional journey from law to HR leadership and reveals what drives success at Delek.

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#07 Rüdiger Schmitz, Senior Business Advisor & Former CCO Loparex

Rüdiger speaks about his career journey and challenges in the plastics industry.

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#06 Millissa Flanagan, International COO & Independent Advisor

Millissa talks hyperscaling brownfield/greenfield value chains – globally and regionally.

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#05 Robert Mannion, Global Senior Executive

Robert Mannion shares insights from his career journey, moving from Process Engineer through to President roles at Johnson Matthey.

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#04 Karen-Marie Katholm, Chief Integrated Supply Chain Officer at AkzoNobel

Karen-Marie shares her career journey from procurement at Lego to leading global supply chain operations.

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#03 Ranjith Nair, Chief Operating Officer at Air Liquide Advanced Materials

Ranjith Nair shares insights from his career and leadership in diverse environments.

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#02 Danilo Micheletti, COO at RadiciGroup

Danilo Micheletti speaks about his career journey in the engineering plastics industry.

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#01 Mike Achacoso, Senior VP Operations at Calumet

Mike Achacoso shares insights from his extensive career in the Oil & Gas industry.

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