Rudolf van Houten - CFO
Rudolf van Houten is the chief financial officer of Arysta LifeScience Corporation and serves on the company’s executive board of directors. He joined Arysta LifeScience in January 2006.
Prior to joining Arysta LifeScience, van Houten was CFO for the flavour division of Quest, a subsidiary of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), in the Netherlands. Prior to being promoted to CFO, van Houten served as corporate controller of Quest. Before joining ICI, he spent seven years working for Roche, in positions including CFO, Roche Japan and CFO, Roche Greece. At both Roche and ICI, van Houten focused heavily on business restructuring, working capital management and cash generation.
Van Houten has a master’s degree in business administration from IMD in Switzerland and a bachelor’s degree in finance from the College of William and Mary in the United States.