After 25 years in the Chromium Industry, Marie-Solange Pollard retired from the ICDA at the end of 2009. She left a message on the website: http://www.icdachromium.com/pdf/Message_from_Marie-Solange_Pollard.pdf

As of January 11, 2010, Christian de Barrin will take over from Marie-Solange Pollard as Secretary General of ICDA. Aged 47, Christian, whom quite a few of you met in India, has a long experience in managing Associations, including the European Copper Institute where he was Communications Manager and Spokesperson for eight years. Christian holds an MA in Economic and Social Administration from the Law Faculty of Paris II.