John van Osch is President EMEA of Univar Europe.

In January 2009, John van Osch assumed leadership for Univar’s business in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. His prime deliverable is the strategy, development, and profit growth of Univar in the region. John will strengthen, expand, and accelerate Univar’s ‘European solutions, delivered locally’ approach by combining the local organizations’ established ownership and accountability of the customer interface with the opportunities that global scale and pan-European process can bring to support profit growth in the regions where Univar is active.

Before joining Univar, John was President and General Manager of DSM Composite Resins in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Prior to joining DSM in 2006, he enjoyed a career of nearly 20 years with General Electric, primarily with GE Plastics.