Helen Mets
Royal DSM, a global science-based company in nutrition, health and sustainable living, appoints Helen Mets, currently business group director DSM resins and functional materials, to executive vice president materials effective March 2, 2020. Mets will succeed Dimitri de Vreeze who was appointed co-CEO of DSM together with Geraldine Matchett, as of February 15, 2020. Mets will become a member of the DSM executive committee.
Mets, a British and Dutch national, holds a master’s degree in marketing and a bachelor’s degree in business and finance from the University of Northumbria, Newcastle. She is also a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program. She joined DSM in August 2017 in her current role of business group director DSM resins and functional materials. In this role, Mets was instrumental in developing and executing a growth transformation for the resins business, and strengthening the portfolio and innovation pipeline, as well as shaping the digital journey within DSM resins and functional materials.
Before joining DSM, Mets held several senior leadership positions at Avery Dennison, including leading its global specialty materials businesses, and Pon Holdings in the Netherlands. Mets has a proven record in business transformations and developing business in emerging countries.
In her new role, Mets will report to deVreeze. She will continue her role as business group director DSM resins and functional materials in the interim.
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