Euro Chlor announced at its 2025 General Assembly on 10-11 September 2025 in Brussels, Belgium, that Richy Mariner, Euro Chlor’s Science & Regulatory Affairs Director, had succeeded Marleen Pauwels as Euro Chlor Sector Group Manager as of 1 September 2025. Richy joined Euro Chlor in 2015 where he has coordinated Euro Chlor’s biocides work and more recently been running the advocacy and regulatory affairs work. He has also been managing the Cefic Sector Groups for chlorinated alkanes, sodium chlorate, chloroformates and potassium and provided scientific communications support for various Euro Chlor outreach initiatives. Originally from the UK, with an academic background in environmental science (B.Sc. Ocean Science, M.Sc. Environmental Chemistry, Ph.D. Environmental Microbiology of mining waters; Bangor University, UK), Richy has professional experience in water quality and international offshore environmental surveying. Marleen joined Euro Chlor in 2011, was Science & Regulatory Affairs Director from 2016, and has led Euro Chlor since 2019. She will now head up the Cefic Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) horizontal team while remaining the Executive Director of the Halogens Industry Sector. We wish them both all the best in their new roles. Contact eurochlor@cefic.be with any questions.