Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant has appointed Patrick Jany as chief financial officer (CFO), effective January 1, 2006. Mr Jany will replace current CFO François Note, who will leave the company at the end of this year.

Mr Jany is currently Clariant’s head of Corporate Development with responsibility for group strategy and mergers and acquisitions. Before taking on that role, he was head of Country Organisation in Mexico. Prior to that, he held positions in Finance and Controlling within Clariant, including serving as chief financial officer for the ASEAN region as well as head of Controlling for the Pigments & Additives Division. He joined Sandoz, one of Clariant’s predecessor companies, in 1990.