Mr. Klaas leads our company’s business in Europe, Middle East and Africa as the Vice President and Managing Director since December 2017. Mr. Klaas held key positions with global polymer supplier PolyOne, most recently as the Company’s Vice President and General Manager for its ColorMatrix Group headquartered in the United States. Prior to PolyOne, Mr. Klaas worked at Colorant-Chromatics, a global leader for high temperature polymer formulations, as the General Manager for the global business.