Borealis: New VP Performance Materials

OMV’s Recently Affiliate Borealis New Vice President of Performance Materials at Jonatas Melo. Milo is now responsible for leading global infrastructure and consumer business in line with Borealis’ goals for circular economy to go forward

Prior to joining Borealis in 2011, Jonatas Melo held various positions at Cosan and ExxonMobil in Brazil, South America. In Borealis he started his business in Business Finance and later moved to Supply Chain Management and Business Improvement in Vienna, Austria. In 2013 Jonatas joined Milo zodiacHe held the position of Vice President of Supply Chain Management, Strategy and Commercial in the United Arab Emirates and Singapore. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of South Asia in Bruges.

Jonatas Melo holds an MBA from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

“He is a global leader with solid experience driving performance and driving change in multinational companies,” says Lucrèce Foufopoulos, Polyolefins Executive Vice President, Circular Economy, Innovations and Technology, describing Mello following his new role. “We look forward to working with him to achieve our goals to further accelerate the transformation of Borealis Polyolefins into a carbon neutral, advanced and circular growth company.”