Karl-H. Foerster was appointed to Executive Director of PlasticsEurope on 1 October 2013.

Mr Foerster was former CEO of Neochimiki Group, Athens. Born 1959 in Kassel/Germany he graduated from the universities of Wuerzburg/Germany (economics) and Rhode Island/USA with a MBA.

For nearly 30 years, Karl-H. Foerster has been working in the chemical and plastics industry. Before joining Neochimiki seven years ago, Foerster served as Vice President at PolymerLatex. He held various executive management positions during his 20 years at BASF SE. He has been working in 10 countries in Europe, Asia, and North America.