Avery Dennison Corporation has appointed Sam O’Keefe as Vice President of research and development (R&D) for its Label and Graphic Materials group in Europe (LGM-EU), effective immediately.
She will be based at Oegstgeest, reporting to Pascale Wautelet, Vice President of global R&D.
Becoming part of the European leadership team of LGM, she will also have a dotted reporting line to Jeroen Diderich, Vice President and General Manager of LGM-EU.
O’Keefe brings more than 25 years of industrial experience and materials science with major international companies.
She joins Avery Dennison from Sensient Technologies, where she worked as technical director – Industrial Colors and prior to Sensient, she held technical and leadership roles with several companies, including Unilever, InterfaceFlor, Ashland and Saint-Gobain.
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Avery Dennison appoints Sam O’Keefe Vice President of R&D EMEA.
O’Keefe earned her Ph.D. in physical science (rheology of polymer-modified cements) and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry in Bristol, England.
Wautelet, said: “In this role, Sam will provide vision and direction to the R&D organisation in the EMEA region and lead new-product development, material re-engineering and adhesive development for Avery Dennison’s LGM business across Europe.”
