Press Release: Sika: NEW HEAD CONSTRUCTION AND MEMBER OF GROUP MANAGEMENT

The Board of Directors of Sika has appointed Philippe Jost as new Head

Construction and Member of Group Management effective June 1, 2019.

Philippe Jost succeeds Yumi Kan, who for personal reasons has decided to

relocate back to Asia, where she will assume the roles of Regional

Target Market Manager Concrete Asia/Pacific and Area Manager South Asia.

Philippe Jost (47) began his career at Sika in 1997. He held various

management positions at the Swiss and US national subsidiaries, before

joining the Corporate organization in 2007, where he assumed the role of

Corporate Target Market Manager Concrete, among others. In this function,

he drove forward the growth and profitability of Target Market Concrete,

and was responsible for the successful integration of acquisitions in

the concrete area. In 2014 Philippe Jost was appointed Corporate Head

Human Resources. In addition to bringing the HR organization closer to

the business needs of Sika, he has been involved in Sika's digital

initiatives, and is currently leading the preparation of the integration

of Parex.

Philippe Jost is a qualified civil engineer (ETH Zurich) and holds an

MBA (London Business School). He is a Luxembourg national and is married

with two children.

CONTACT

Dominik Slappnig

Corporate Communications &

Investor Relations

+41 58 436 68 21

slappnig.dominik@ch.sika.com

SIKA CORPORATE PROFILE

Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the

development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing,

damping, reinforcing, and protecting in the building sector and motor

vehicle industry. Sika has subsidiaries in 101 countries around the

world and manufactures in over 200 factories. Its more than 20,000

employees generated annual sales of CHF 7.09 billion in 2018.

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