Dr Gaetano Blanda (Evonik): “1 plus 1 is 2, also in animal nutrition”


Dr Gaetano Blanda (1971) has a chemistry background and an executive education from INSEAD. He has been senior vice president and head of the animal nutrition business line within Evonik since September 2022.  Dr Blanda has a long history with Evonik. His posts brought him to Italy (4 years) and China (8 years) before returning to his native Germany in 2013. Before his current job, he was head of Evonik’s coating additives business line. Photos: Vincent ter Beek
Dr Gaetano Blanda (1971) has a chemistry background and an executive education from INSEAD. He has been senior vice president and head of the animal nutrition business line within Evonik since September 2022.  Dr Blanda has a long history with Evonik. His posts brought him to Italy (4 years) and China (8 years) before returning to his native Germany in 2013. Before his current job, he was head of Evonik’s coating additives business line. Photos: Vincent ter Beek

Animal nutrition may be a different business than coating additives – but they both form parts of the same world. After all, both follow the universal laws of chemistry and economics. Describing himself as a “data guy”, chemist Dr Gaetano Blanda quickly learnt about his new challenge since he ended up at the helm of Evonik’s Animal Nutrition business line. In mid 2022, just over 2 years ago, chemical giant Evonik announced that there would be a change at the top of its animal nutritio

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