Umicore appoints Karena Cancilleri as Executive Vice President Battery Materials

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Umicore announces the appointment of Karena Cancilleri as Executive Vice President of its Battery Materials Business Group and member of the Management Board, starting on April 1st 20251.

Karena Cancilleri brings a 30-year track record in the chemical, technical textiles and metals industries at private equity, stock-listed and family-owned companies. She will join Umicore from Vesuvius Plc. where she currently serves as President Foundry Technologies.

“I am delighted that Karena will join Umicore and our Management Board as Executive Vice President Battery Materials. She brings rich international experience in advanced materials technologies and industrial applications. This, combined with her operational, transformative and values-driven leadership will contribute to the strategic development and positioning of our Battery Materials activities. I look forward to welcoming her to the team.”

Bart Sap, CEO of Umicore

Before Vesuvius Plc., she was VP-Engineered Products at Beaulieu International Group NV and held Director roles at FiberVisions Corp., Kraton Polymers LLC and Shell Chemicals LP. She is an Independent Director of the Board of Directors of DEME Group NV. She holds a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Turin, Italy, and an MBA of Strathclyde Graduate Business School of Glasgow in the UK.


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1 She will succeed Ralph Kiessling who will leave the Group at the end of this month. 

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