Pippine joins MLC from LANXESS, a German specialty substances company, where by she was vice president, international head of promoting, in its flavors and fragrances company. Earlier, she held key roles with Emerald Kalama Chemical (obtained by LANXESS), Celanese Corp., and The Dow Chemical Co.

She succeeds David Venhaus, who was named VP of operations. Venhaus succeeds Terry Zerr, who was named to the recently created job of vice president of supply chain.

Pippine retains a bachelor’s degree with an emphasis in components science and engineering from Michigan Point out College and an MBA from the University of Michigan.