Switzerland: Sika has appointed Philippe Jost as its new head of Construction and a member of group management with effect from 1 June 2019. He will succeeds Yumi Kan who will become the Regional Target Market Manager Concrete Asia/Pacific and Area Manager South Asia.
Jost, aged 47 years, began his career at Sika in 1997. He held various management positions at the Swiss and US national subsidiaries, before joining the corporate organisation in 2007, where he assumed the role of Corporate Target Market Manager Concrete, among others. In 2014 Jost was appointed Corporate Head Human Resources. He is a qualified civil engineer from ETH Zurich and holds an MBA from the London Business School. He is a Luxembourg national and is married with two children.
