Marcos Furrer

Marcos Furrer joined Archroma in February 2018. With a 20 years career, Mr Furrer has earned a strong reputation as a well-rounded business manager with excellent leadership skills and a taste for working as a team towards delivering ambitious targets. A Chemical Engineer from the Ingenieurschule Beider Basel, Mr Furrer started his career with Clariant in Switzerland as Product Manager Sulphur Dyes in 1997. He then grew in the organization as Head of Continuous Dyeing Cellulosic (1999 to 2001); Head of BU Textile Dyes and Textile Chemicals in México (2001 to 2005); Global Head for the Product Group Cellulosic Dyes (2005 to 2007), Head of BU Textile Chemicals Latin America (2007 to 2009); Head of BU Textile Chemicals Americas (2009 to 2012); Head of Emulsions (January 2012 to June 2012); and Head of Marketing and Sales Plastic and Special Applications, BU Pigments (January 2013 to 2015). His latest role as Head of RBL Europe BU Pigments, Strategic Plastics, brought him back to Switzerland in January 2015, with the mission to implement the new BU Pigments regional structure in Europe. Mr Furrer speaks 5 languages: English, German, Spanish, Portuguese and French.