Hands-on Executive Business Leader with 15+ years of experience in the chemical space. I help companies like Solvay and Knomy Health to define and implement business strategies to grow by +10% per year.Some examples include:⭐ Increase in profitability for Solvay by 10 points through a product/asset mixture shift combined with an improvement in sales team performance realized by driving improvement in value via pricing and strong leadership.🚀 Developed and realized a complete new business pillar for Vitro Group, called Knomy Health, in the medical e-health space by architecting a venture business model, product design, Brand ID / Marketing and people team building and management. Launch after less than 6 months development work starting from zero.🍃 Continuous sustainability improvement at Solvay through innovation management by implementing strong control over the innovation pipeline ensuring that innovation projects (product development as well operational and digital innovations) are inline with agreed strategies.🙌 Part of the Management Team that has recently divested the surfactant business at Solvay. Resulting in a step change in business performance due to driving change and transformation in a challenging business situation.🏉 Additional I am a sports fan. Practicing Cross Training and Rugby "5" (go Chantilly!). In that vein I am setting up their IT infrastructure, Social Media presence and leading organization of a major tournament event.I get excited about opportunities where I'm able to deliver high results through holistic business understanding coupled with strong entrepreneurial spirit and technical understanding in the chemical space.***I love connecting with new people, give me a shout at matthias.foerster@gmail.com or here on LinkedIn!***