Dr Thomas Bieringer to become INVITE md Dr Thomas Bieringer to become INVITE md Predecessor Michael Lorenz moves to Bayer MaterialScience DKSH appoints North American head DKSH appoints North American head For speciality chemicals business unit ERT promotes Jeffrey Litwin to president and ceo ERT promotes Jeffrey Litwin to president and ceo Litwin has been with clinical services firm for 11 years Toolrite appoints sales director Toolrite appoints sales director Steve Gannon takes newly formed position Marken hires Wes Wheeler as ceo Marken hires Wes Wheeler as ceo Formerly president and ceo of Patheon Activaero appoints chief business officer Activaero appoints chief business officer Christian Pangratz takes the role Sir William Wakeham becomes new IChemE president Sir William Wakeham becomes new IChemE president Succeeding Desmond King Umicore expands North American presence Umicore expands North American presence Sets up Business Development team to grow sales in the region Sir Richard Peto given Lifetime Achievement Award Sir Richard Peto given Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to cancer research scientist at BMJ Group Awards Aesica hires two new sales managers Aesica hires two new sales managers For Pianezza, Italy and Shanghai, China offices Patheon appoints new executive vice president Patheon appoints new executive vice president Michael Lytton takes a role that includes corporate development and strategy, and general counsel Endomagnetics appoints chairman Endomagnetics appoints chairman Dr John Gonzalez joins firm from Alice Ventures Dr Michael Jewett wins Agilent Technologies award Dr Michael Jewett wins Agilent Technologies award Demonstrates depth of knowledge and skills in applied biological research Penn Pharma appoints coo Penn Pharma appoints coo Mark Dean-Netscher joins firm from Catalent Pfizer CentreSource promotes Cristin Grove Pfizer CentreSource promotes Cristin Grove To director of Global Contract Manufacturing Kurt Bock takes over as BASF SE chairman Kurt Bock takes over as BASF SE chairman Juergen Hambrecht retires