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The following section provides information on Actylis’s senior management, executives, CEO and key decision makers and their roles in the organization. For more insight into Actylis's management and employees, unlock the full data with our company analytics monitoring tool.

Executives

Rakesh Sachdev

Chairman Executive Board Since: 2019

Mr. Rakesh Sachdev has been the Chairman of the company since 2019. Prior to this, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Platform Specialty Products. Before joining Platform Specialty Products, he served as the President and the Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Aldrich. He also serves at New Mountain Capital as a Senior Adviser and as a director of Avantor Inc, Edgewell Personal Care Company, Regal Beloit Corporation, Element Solutions Inc and Washington University in St. Louis.

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Gilles Cottier

Chief Executive Officer Senior Management Since: 2019

Mr. Gilles Cottier has been the Chief Executive Officer of the company since 2019. Prior to this, he served as the Head of Bioscience at Lonza. Mr. Cottrier has held various positions during his tenure of 30 years at Sigma Aldrich including the Executive Vice President and the President of Fine Chemicals Commercial Unit of Sigma Aldrich.

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James Steele

Chief Financial Officer Senior Management Since: 2020

Mr. James Steele has been the Chief Financial Officer of the company since 2020. Prior to this, he served as the Director of Corporate and International Finance at World Wide Technology (WWT). Prior to joining WWT, Mr. James spent over 10 years of increasing responsibility in key executive financial roles at Sigma Aldrich/Merck KGaA. Before that, he served as the Vice President, Integration Planning Office Lead at Sigma Aldrich/Merck KGaA.

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Varun Vijay Rao

Chief Procurement Officer Senior Management Since: 2020

Mr. Varun Vijay Rao has been the Chief Procurement Officer of the company since 2020. Prior to this, he served as the Head of Sustainability of the company. Mr. Varun also served as the Board Member of Sparsha Trust. Previously, he served as the Co-Founder and Director of Radeo Engineered Components.

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John Elliot Simpkins

Senior Vice President - Human Resources Senior Management Since: 2019
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