Akzo Nobel N.V.

Akzo Nobel N.V. is a diversified, multicultural, and global company with operations in human and animal healthcare, coatings, and chemicals. The company's operations are organized into segments based on the affinity between activities. These segments include Human Pharmaceuticals (Organon) and Animal Health (Intervet), which are collectively referred to as Pharma, as well as Coatings and Chemicals. Within the Coatings and Chemicals segment, activities are carried out in specific business units. The Board of Management is responsible for the company's management, including defining strategic direction, establishing policies, and overseeing day-to-day operations. Key tasks at the corporate level are coordinated across various fields, including strategy, finance, control, human resources, technology, legal affairs and intellectual property, communications, health, safety, and environment, information management, and risk and insurance management. The company's strategy focuses on building sustainable leading business positions, aiming for attractive growth, returns significantly above the costs of capital, and substantial operational cash flows. Akzo Nobel actively restructures and divests activities that do not meet its criteria. The company develops competitive advantages by combining a customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit from its decentralized business unit organization with the scale of a global organization, providing access to global capital markets, managerial talent, best management practices, and purchasing power.