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 (under the Organon brand) and Animal Health (under the Intervet brand), which are collectively referred to as Pharma. The other main segment is Coatings and Chemicals, where activities are carried out in various business units. Akzo Nobel aims to create above-average economic value over the business cycle. The company focuses its capital allocation on building sustainable leading business positions, which are characterized by attractive growth, returns significantly above the costs of capital, and substantial operational cash flows. Akzo Nobel actively restructures its operations to meet its goals and divests activities that do not meet its criteria. The company develops competitive advantages by combining the customer focus and entrepreneurial spirit of a decentralized business unit organization with the scale and power of a global organization, providing access to global capital markets, managerial talent, best management practices, and purchasing power. Key tasks at the corporate level are coordinated across strategy, finance, control, human resources, technology, legal affairs and intellectual property, communications, health, safety, and environment, information management, and risk and insurance management.