Former Board member responsible for Chemicals,
former business unit Manager of Marine and Protective Coatings.
After graduating from Gothenburg University, Leif Darner held several management positions before being appointed General Manager of Powder Coatings Scandinavia at Courtaulds in 1985.
In 1993, Mr. Darner was appointed Chief Executive of Coatings Northern Europe. Then in 1997 he served as Worldwide Director of Yacht Paint and Protective Coatings.
In 1998, Courtaulds became part of AkzoNobel and Mr. Darner was appointed Manager of AkzoNobel Marine and Protective Coatings, a post he held from 1999 until 2004, when he was appointed to the Board of Management of AkzoNobel as the member responsible for Chemicals, a position he held until April 2008.