WE Soda Strengthens Senior Executive Team with Commercial and Sustainability Appointments

9 July 2024

WE Soda Ltd (“WE Soda”), the world's largest producer of natural soda ash, is pleased to announce the appointments of Bob Katsiouleris as Chief Commercial Officer and Dr. Alan Knight OBE as Chief Sustainability Officer. These new leadership appointments underscore WE Soda’s continued commitment to commercial excellence and sustainability leadership, consistent with the Group’s strategy and purpose to responsibly produce essential ingredients for a sustainable future.

Bob Katsiouleris joins WE Soda with over 30 years of commercial and operational management experience in industrial minerals and metals, having held senior commercial leadership roles with Rio Tinto, Vale and Rusal. In his new role, Bob will oversee the Group’s integrated commercial operations, across sales, marketing and logistics, to capitalise on the sustainability advantages of natural soda ash and the reliability of the Group’s global supply chain, to position WE Soda as the supplier of choice for soda ash globally.

Alan joins WE Soda with over 30 years of sustainability leadership experience across a wide variety of industries and supply chains, including renewable power, steel, brewing, transport and home improvement retail, having held senior sustainability leadership roles at Drax Group, ArcelorMittal, Virgin Group, SABMiller and B&Q/Kingfisher. Alongside his executive roles, Alan has also held a variety of Board-level sustainability advisory positions at key NGOs and other charitable organisations. In his new role, Alan will build on WE Soda’s existing sustainability leadership, to drive further sustainability initiatives that underpin the Group’s strategy.

Alasdair Warren, CEO of WE Soda, commented:

“Bob and Alan are significant additions to our leadership team, adding considerable breadth and depth of experience and knowledge to our business. These new appointments also underpin the importance of sustainability to everything we do, and the commercial opportunity embedded within our differentiated product offering.”

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For further information, please contact:

WE Soda

Edward Westropp - Head of Investor Relations
+44 (0) 7385 755 711
[email protected]

Powerscourt (Public Relations adviser to WE Soda)

Peter Ogden
+44 (0) 207 250 1446
[email protected]

About WE Soda

WE Soda is the world’s largest producer of natural soda ash and one of the world’s largest producers of sodium bicarbonate. Our purpose is “to responsibly produce essential ingredients for a sustainable future” and sustainability is integrated into everything we do. We produce soda ash with the lowest CO₂e emissions intensity within our industry and we believe that we have the lowest impact on nature and the environment. For more information, please visit: www.wesoda.com.