Christoph Sikora

Leads Dow's organization and business in 20 countries from the Baltics to the Balkans. * Achieved a growth of 3x the GDP in the region * Developed a new brand and corporate identity for the region with the theme 'Central Europe - Passionate growth' * Pioneered cross-business and cross-functional collaboration workshops to uncover growth opportunities * Regular presence and participation at conferences and media interaction to coin Dow's profile in the region as major chemical player

P&L for European Packaging business for PE products, specialty polymers and adhesives - transformation from technology focus to market focus maintaining high levels of business profitability * Improved margins through proactive, targeted portfolio management * Developed growth packaging strategy. Cut the number of development projects, implemented value chain approach for innovation with FMCGs * Implemented CRM and Eloqua for better collaboration between functions and impact of business communication

GM for Construction Chemicals serving dry-mix, building envelope, concrete admix and mineral wool industries. Goal was to grow the business profitably during the worst economic crisis in decades *Formed a business unit with a unique brand from three companies (Dow, Rohm&Haas, Wolff Cellulosics), grew it by 37% throughout the recession and positioned it in emerging countries *Developed innovation pipeline with a potential of multiple hundred million USD *Implemented CRM tool, NPI methodology and ABMC costing