Topsoe Appoints New Chief Commercial Officer

Management Decision Topsoe Appoints New Chief Commercial Officer

2026-02-23 Source: Press release Topsoe 1 min Reading Time

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Topsoe has announced Yassir Ghiyati as its new Chief Commercial Officer. He will a part of the Senior Leadership Team and will be responsible for the company’s core commercial offerings across global markets.

Yassir Ghiyati has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Topsoe effectively immediately.(Source: Topsoe) — Yassir Ghiyati has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Topsoe effectively immediately.
(Source: Topsoe)

Lyngby/Denmark – Topsoe has announced a change to its Senior Leadership Team. Yassir Ghiyati has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Topsoe effectively immediately. In his role as CCO, he will be part of Topsoe’s Senior Leadership Team.

Yassir will be responsible for the company’s core commercial offerings across global markets. This includes some of Topsoe’s most successful and innovative technologies, such as Hydroflex, WSA, ereact and Syncor, as well as the company’s catalyst business.

The appointment follows the announcement on 7 January 2026 that Elena Scaltritti, Topsoe’s former CCO, will step into the role of CEO of Topsoe effective 1 June 2026, succeeding Roeland Baan.

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Yassir has been with Topsoe since 2005 and brings more than 20 years of experience across engineering, sales and leadership roles. Most recently, he served as Vice President and Managing Director for the EMEA region. He holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU).

Elena Scaltritti, Executive President, Business Operation, of Topsoe, said: “I’m very pleased that Yassir has accepted the role as CCO of Topsoe. I’m confident he will do an excellent job, working closely with our customers to enable energy-efficient fuel production, as well as partnering with them on their decarbonization goals. Yassir’s experience across management roles and geographies, combined with his deep knowledge of Topsoe’s offerings, makes him ideally suited for the role of our new CCO.”

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