Anna Bertona joined Azelis in 2013 as Group Vice President Strategic Planning & Implementation and was appointed as Chief Strategy & Principal Officer in 2014. In 2016, Ms. Bertona was appointed CEO of Azelis EMEA and became Azelis’ sponsor for sustainability within the Executive Committee. Effective January 1, 2024, Ms. Bertona succeeded Hans Joachim Müller as Chief Executive Officer and joined the Board of Directors as executive director. With over 30 years of experience, Ms. Bertona has held numerous management roles in several industries including consumer goods and automotive. Prior to joining Azelis, she worked in strategy consultancy, most recently as a partner at the global management consultancy firm, A.T. Kearney, where she was involved in assignments within the chemical industry, amongst others, with a focus on strategy, sales excellence, growth, performance improvements and post-merger integration. Ms. Bertona holds a master’s in science in Industrial Design Engineering from the Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands), as well as an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management. Ms. Bertona also serves as a non-executive board member at Solabia.