Change of chief executive at TFL
Leather chemicals group TFL has announced André Lanning as its new chief executive. He took up the post on March 1.
It said Mr Lanning was replacing Russell Taylor, who became TFL’s chief executive, originally on an interim basis, in July 2023, at the time of the departure of Wolfgang Schütt. It said Mr Taylor was stepping down for personal reasons.
André Lanning has joined from Trinseo, a Pennsylvania-based producer of plastics and latex binders that was spun off from Dow Chemical in 2010. He was Trinseo’s chief commercial officer.
Earlier in his career, he held senior roles at Kemira, Yara International, Nuon, Advanced Refining Technologies (ART) and WR Grace.
TFL said the new chief executive’s strategic priorities included driving commercial excellence, expanding market share, optimising operational synergies and pursuing organic growth opportunities.
Additionally, it said he would explore strategic merger and acquisition initiatives “to further strengthen TFL’s competitive position”.
