Diane Picho appointed as Chief Enterprise Enablement Officer
Damián Gumpel, President of Chemours’ Titanium Technologies (TT) business segment, effective March 3, 2025. (Photo: Business Wire)
The Chemours Company, a global chemistry company with leading market positions in Thermal & Specialized Solutions, Titanium Technologies, and Advanced Performance Materials, announced the appointment of Damián Gumpel as President of Chemours’ Titanium Technologies (TT) business segment, effective March 3, 2025.
Diane Iuliano Picho, who has served as Interim TT Business President since March 2024 has been appointed Chief Enterprise Enablement Officer, effective March 3, 2025. Both will report to Chemours President and CEO, Denise Dignam and serve on the Chemours Executive Team.
“After a comprehensive global search, Damián Gumpel was the clear choice to lead our Titanium Technologies business into the future. Damián’s proven track record of strategic vision, cost transformation, and commercial excellence within the chemical industry will strengthen the TT business,” said Denise Dignam, President and CEO of Chemours.
Gumpel joins Chemours with deep chemical industry leadership experience. At the Olin Corporation, he most recently served as Vice President, Corporate Strategy, helping to define a new corporate strategy and executing a joint venture and several M&A transactions. Previously, he led Olin’s global leading Epoxy business, where he delivered cost reductions and successfully executed a portfolio realignment, and Olin’s Chlor Alkali Products and Vinyls business, where he led a business transformation that delivered record EBITDA improvement. At Dow Inc., he held several business leadership roles within Dow’s leading chlor-alkali and vinyls business.
Chemours also announces that Matthew Abbott, Senior Vice President and Chief Enterprise Transformation Officer, has elected to leave the company to pursue a new opportunity, effective February 3, 2025.
With Abbott’s departure, Picho will now lead the newly organized Enterprise Enablement unit designed to accelerate the Operational Excellence and Growth Enablement pillars of Chemours’ Pathway to Thrive strategy. Her portfolio will include Procurement and key Centers of Excellence, including Manufacturing, Commercial, and Digital, with a mandate to improve Chemours’ Order to Cash and critical operational processes across the company. Picho brings over 40 years of business leadership spanning each of Chemours’ three business segments.
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