Henkel AG & Co. KGaA announced effective as of May 1, 2016, Hans Van Bylen has been appointed as new chairman of the management board. Van Bylen has been working for Henkel since 1984.

And since 2004, he has been a member of the management board, where he was responsible for the Beauty Care business unit. In his new capacity as chairman of the management board, Van Bylen will also contribute to developing the new strategy beyond 2016, and he will contribute to the successful implementation of this new strategy. The company will present the new strategy in November 2016.

Pascal Houdayer has been appointed to the management board as of May 1 to March 2016, and this will take effective as of May 1. He will take over the responsibility for the Beauty Care business division -- business unit from Van Bylen. Houdayer has been working for Henkel since 2011 and has been responsible for the international marketing of the home care business unit as well as the digital activities and the new business development for the business unit Laundry & Home Care. In addition, he was responsible for operations in -- of this business unit in the Asia Pacific region.