AMSTERDAM Shareholders of Akzo Nobel N.V. held an Extraordinary General Meeting in Amsterdam this week, and appointed new CFO Maëlys Castella as a member of the board of management.
Maëlys is already a member of the company’s executive committee, having been appointed chief financial officer on Sept. 15. She succeeded Keith Nichols, who left the company in June this year.
"Maëlys is a high-caliber professional with a wealth of experience in finance who brings key skills and capabilities to our company," said Antony Burgmans, chairman of AkzoNobel’s Supervisory Board.
A French national, Maëlys previously worked at Air Liquide for 14 years, most recently as group deputy CFO. Her previous posts there include Europe CFO and group corporate finance and treasury director. She started her career at the international ELF Oil & Gas Group.
Maëlys is based at AkzoNobel’s head office in Amsterdam.