PUdaily,Shanghai -- April 7, 2021  Clariant says that Günter von Au has been elected the company’s new chairman during its annual shareholders' meeting today. Clariant’s board had unanimously proposed to shareholders that von Au be elected chairman following an announcement in February by Harolf Kottmann, the company’s chairman since 2018, that he would no longer be a candidate for the office of chairman and board member.

    Meanwhile, Clariant’s shareholders approved at the meeting all agenda items and resolutions proposed by the board, including the distribution of an ordinary dividend of 0.70 Swiss francs ($0.75) per share for the company’s performance over past two financial years; the integrated report and group consolidated financial statements for 2020; and the compensation report for 2020 on an advisory basis, the company says.

    Separately, the private equity firm Advent International announced today that Kottman has joined the company as an operating partner, to help enhance and further grow its investments in the global chemicals and materials sector.