Joost Berting, new CEO of Kennametal in EMEA
on July 29, 2013
Kennametal Inc., company represented in Spain by Kenci, has appointed Joost Berting as new general director at Kennametal Europe GmbH Berting will lead the business of Kennametal and will represent the company in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). His Office will be located at Headquarters which Kennametal EMEA has in the Swiss city of Neuhausen am Rheinfall.
Prior to joining Kennametal, Berting was Integration Manager at the chemical company Eastman, where he held numerous positions of business leadership, including general director in EMEA. It has nearly 30 years of experience in fields such as engineering, technology, integration and management of international companies and speaks six languages. Berting holds a degree in materials science from the University of Utrecht and obtained a Master in management by the European School of management in Paris, Oxford and Berlin.
Berting will succeed Gérald Goubau headed the Kennametal in EMEA business during the last three years in Office. Gerald will now global tools business and will be Vice President of Kennametal Tooling from the 1 July 2013.