Royal DSM has appointed Edson Barros as senior director of R&D, innovation and marketing.
Barros took up his new role on the Personal Care & Aroma Management Team on 1 April and is based in Kaiseraugst in Switzerland.
He succeeds Rishabh Pande, who has taken a new role within DSM’s Food & Beverages Business Group and will report to Gareth Barker, President of DSM Personal Care & Aroma Ingredients.
Barros, a Brazilian/Italian national, has a strong background in personal care, having worked in sales, marketing, strategy and project management across different continents with BASF and Clariant.
He joined DSM in 2019 as regional director for Latin America where he and his team have successfully grown the region’s sales by double digits.
In his time as a valued member of the LATAM Regional Leadership Team, Barros has also pioneered LATAM’s Market Ready Solutions Program for Personal Care and chaired the LATAM’s Inclusion & Diversity Committee.
“DSM has demonstrated its scientific expertise and services within the Personal Care & Aroma businesses over the past years, I am delighted to support our continuous growth in the coming years through innovative solutions to the market, having our customers as a one of our key stakeholder and partner in order to fulfil their needs faster and in an efficient way," he said.
