Sir William Wakeham becomes new IChemE president Sir William Wakeham becomes new IChemE president Succeeding Desmond King Umicore expands North American presence Umicore expands North American presence Sets up Business Development team to grow sales in the region Sir Richard Peto given Lifetime Achievement Award Sir Richard Peto given Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to cancer research scientist at BMJ Group Awards Aesica hires two new sales managers Aesica hires two new sales managers For Pianezza, Italy and Shanghai, China offices Patheon appoints new executive vice president Patheon appoints new executive vice president Michael Lytton takes a role that includes corporate development and strategy, and general counsel Endomagnetics appoints chairman Endomagnetics appoints chairman Dr John Gonzalez joins firm from Alice Ventures Dr Michael Jewett wins Agilent Technologies award Dr Michael Jewett wins Agilent Technologies award Demonstrates depth of knowledge and skills in applied biological research Penn Pharma appoints coo Penn Pharma appoints coo Mark Dean-Netscher joins firm from Catalent Pfizer CentreSource promotes Cristin Grove Pfizer CentreSource promotes Cristin Grove To director of Global Contract Manufacturing Kurt Bock takes over as BASF SE chairman Kurt Bock takes over as BASF SE chairman Juergen Hambrecht retires Pharma executives in Sunday Times Rich List Pharma executives in Sunday Times Rich List Including Ernesto Bertarelli in the Top 5 Opsona Therapeutics appoints chief medical officer Opsona Therapeutics appoints chief medical officer Chief executive steps down for personal reasons Robert Hansen becomes ceo of Dow Corning Robert Hansen becomes ceo of Dow Corning Stephanie Burns remains chairman Algeta appoints business development director Algeta appoints business development director Aims to advance Thorium technology and expand pipeline Richard Proehl becomes vp of manufacturing at CML Richard Proehl becomes vp of manufacturing at CML Has spent more than 30 years in API manufacturing Avantor Performance Materials makes appointments Avantor Performance Materials makes appointments Three executives take senior roles at US chemicals and materials firm Michael Davis becomes Cyanotech chairman Michael Davis becomes Cyanotech chairman Hawaiian microalgae technology company looks forward to continuing support of its major shareholder Novavax makes further senior management appointments Novavax makes further senior management appointments Two new vice presidents join the vaccines company AAIPharma Services appoints Maffuid as evp operations AAIPharma Services appoints Maffuid as evp operations Will have responsibility for drug product development services functions Chester Medical expands sales team Chester Medical expands sales team Mike Mills becomes sales manager Novavax announces change in leadership Novavax announces change in leadership Appoints new ceo and chairman AstraZeneca recognised for clinical research excellence AstraZeneca recognised for clinical research excellence Pharmaceutical firm is one of the winners in the US Clinical Researcher of the Year competition Dennis Schmatz joins Scynexis Dennis Schmatz joins Scynexis Will provide advice to US firm as it advances drug development programme Rhodia appoints vp of r&d Rhodia appoints vp of r&d Louis Neltner moves into the role from McKinsey