BASF names Toomey Senior VP, North American Coatings

Southfield, Michigan — October 15, 2014 — Christopher Toomey, Senior Vice President of Regional Procurement for BASF in North America, will assume responsibility for the BASF Coatings business in North America, effective November 1, 2014.

Toomey succeeds Juan Carlos Ordoñez, Senior Vice President. Ordoñez will move to lead the BASF Performance Materials division in Wyandotte, Mich.

Before joining BASF in 2011, Toomey worked for Cognis, where he was Vice President and General Manager of Functional Products and Vice President of Human Resources and Communications.

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