WE Soda, the world’s largest producer of natural soda ash, has announced the appointments of Bob Katsiouleris as Chief Commercial Officer and Dr. Alan Knight OBE as Chief Sustainability Officer. These new leadership appointments underscore WE Soda’s continued commitment to commercial excellence and sustainability leadership, consistent with the Group’s strategy and purpose to responsibly produce essential ingredients for a sustainable future.
Bob Katsiouleris joins WE Soda with over 30 years of commercial and operational management experience in industrial minerals and metals, having held senior commercial leadership roles with Rio Tinto, Vale and Rusal. In his new role, Bob will oversee the Group’s integrated commercial operations, across sales, marketing and logistics, to capitalise on the sustainability advantages of natural soda ash and the reliability of the Group’s global supply chain, to position WE Soda as the supplier of choice for soda ash globally.
Dr. Alan Knight joins WE Soda with over 30 years of sustainability leadership experience across a wide variety of industries and supply chains, including renewable power, steel, brewing, transport and home improvement retail, having held senior sustainability leadership roles at Drax Group, ArcelorMittal, Virgin Group, SABMiller and B&Q/Kingfisher. Alongside his executive roles, Dr. Knight has also held a variety of Board-level sustainability advisory positions at key NGOs and other charitable organisations. In his new role, Alan will build on WE Soda’s existing sustainability leadership, to drive further sustainability initiatives that underpin the Group’s strategy.
Alasdair Warren, CEO of WE Soda, said, “Bob and Alan are significant additions to our leadership team, adding considerable breadth and depth of experience and knowledge to our business. These new appointments also underpin the importance of sustainability to everything we do, and the commercial opportunity embedded within our differentiated product offering.”