IISRP elects Sibur's Bondar as international president

HOUSTON—The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers has elected Sibur's Larisa Bondar as its president international for 2021-22. She succeeds Joon-Hoon Baek of Kumho Petrochemical, who becomes the institute's past-president international.

Results of the election for the Houston-based IISRP were revealed Nov. 4 during the association's Annual General Meeting, held virtually this year.

Bondar is head of sales for Russia-based Sibur's Synthetic Rubber, Plastics, Elastomers and Organic Synthetic Division, having responsibility for synthetic rubber products and some monomers. She has extensive polymer industry experience, holding positions in the strategic and operational marketing area, product management, sales and mid-management.

She joined Sibur in 2010 and was appointed to her current position in November 2019. Bondar has been a member of the Europe, Middle East and Africa Section of the IISRP since 2014.

Besides Baek and Bondar, who also will serve as president of the EMEA Section, other members elected to the IISRP Executive Committee for 2021-22 include:

• Zhuang Yi of Sinopec, president of the Asia-Pacific Section.
• Hisaaki Yokoo of UBE Elastomer Co. Ltd., vice president of the Asia-Pacific Section.
• Hendrick Lam of TSRC, FPAC member.
• Ralf Irmert of Trinseo, EMEA Section president and FPAC member.
• Bobby Rikhoff of Lion Elastomers, president of Americas Section.
• Mark Plante of TSRC Specialty Materials L.L.C., vice president of Americas Section.
• Juan Ramon Salinas, IISRP managing director.

The IISRP has corporate members in more than 20 countries that collectively produce more than 75 percent of the world's synthetic rubber.