Lonza announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Christian Seufert as President of Capsules and Health Ingredients Division. The appointment will be effective from 1 July 2022. Christian will succeed Claude Dartiguelongue as a member of the Lonza Group Executive Committee.

Christian joins Lonza Group from BASF, where he has worked for the last 20 years. Most recently, he held the role of Senior Vice President for the Global Business Unit Pharma Solutions and represented the Nutrition & Health division in North and South America since 2018. In this role, Christian was responsible for driving organic growth with a focus on biologics and new digital business models. With his global team he delivered new product line strategies for selected APIs and pharmaceutical excipients, improved operational excellence, and managed business continuity through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pierre-Alain Ruffieux, CEO, Lonza, added: “Christian is uniquely placed to lead our CHI business, with a wealth of experience and expertise in both our operations as well as the industry in which we operate. Christian joins our leadership team as we continue to consolidate our leading market position and maintain our focus on driving accelerated growth and long-term success.”

Christian holds a graduate degree in business administration and economics from the University of Hohenheim as well as Executive and post-graduate qualifications from INSEAD and IMD Business School (Lausanne, Switzerland). He is relocating from the US to live in Basel with his wife.

Christian will succeed Claude Dartiguelongue, who has been the President of the Capsules and Health Ingredients Division since January 2020.