Lukas Swid will become managing director, Asia Pacific and Steven Richards has been appointed director of sales, North America.
Swid will have responsibility for the Asia Pacific region including the India subcontinent, whilst Richards will be responsible for all sales activities in the US and Canada, with the aim of driving further growth in the North American market.
Chris Humberstone, executive vice president, commented, "We believe that Lipo Chemicals and Vantage Specialty Chemicals have great growth potential in the global personal care market. These changes will reinforce Lipo's growth goals not only in North America, the largest market, but also in the fast growing Asia Pacific Region."