Tharisa PLC (THS) has appointed Dr Vasileios Vergopoulos to the board as an independent non-executive director, with effect from 27 November 2025.
Dr Vergopoulos holds a Bachelor of Education from the Thessaloniki University, Greece and a Master of Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Hamburg University, Germany.
He is the former managing director of BASF Metals Limited and the global commercial vice president of the BASF Precious Metals Service Business.
Prior to this, he was the Head of BASF's Refining Catalyst Business for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, based in the United Kingdom.
He has over 30 years' experience in business management, operations management, the gas and oil industry, chemical catalyst manufacturing, e-business, sales and marketing, strategic procurement, and precious metals trading. He has held various senior and executive level management positions with BASF, BP and W.R. Grace in Germany, the USA and the United Kingdom.
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A strong appointment to the board for a company that’s been in growth mode for a good while now. Tharisa’s share price has just about doubled over the past six months, and it will be interesting to see just how good the numbers are when the company releases final results on Monday.