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October 21, 2026 7:13 pm

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TFL Appoints Sandra Schneider as Chief Operating Officer

TFL Appoints Sandra Schneider as Chief Operating Officer
TFL Appoints Sandra Schneider as Chief Operating Officer

TFL announced that Sandra Schneider will join the company as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective April 1, 2026.

Sandra Schneider brings over 20 years of experience in operations, business development and supply chain management, primarily in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.

“We are pleased that Sandra has chosen to join the TFL team. She is a highly accomplished operations leader with a proven track record of successfully guiding business transformation and elevating operating performance in challenging business environments”

– Samer Al Jabi, interim CEO

Before TFL, Schneider served as Head of Operations and Supply Chain Additives at Clariant, a specialty chemicals company.

She also held senior roles at Evonik, including Director of Operational Excellence and Standardization, and was Head of Business Development at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology.

“Sandra has achieved success by implementing highly strategic operational excellence initiatives specifically focused on production optimization and process improvement, and we welcome her expertise in these areas as we continue TFL’s evolution”

– Samer Al Jabi, interim CEO

Earlier, she served as Director of Supply Chain and Manufacturing at Wacker Chemie. Schneider holds an engineering degree from Vienna University of Technology.

Related News: TFL CEO André Lanning Steps Down as Samer Al Jabi Takes Interim Charge

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