Torsten Schmidt

Mr. Schmidt has served as VP of Marketing for Kraton Pine Chemicals since 2018 and was recently promoted to VP of Commercial. Mr. Schmidt joined Kraton in 2013 as a Manager for Kraton’s Cariflex business and held several senior-level positions including VP of Performance Chemical Sales before assuming his current role. ​Mr. Schmidt started his career in 1992 with Hoechst AG, working in engineering, operations, and strategy roles prior to serving as Business Director with Hoechst AG, Hoechst Celanese, KoSa & Invista.

Mr. Schmidt holds a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Germany.