Following the Linde-Praxair merger in 2019, Joachim VON SCHEELE was appointed Global Commercialization Director with focus on Steel, Metals, and Glass industries. He is based in Munich, Germany.

Joachim joined the industrial gases industry in 1996. Since then, he has served in many different technical and commercial management roles at AGA, BOC and Linde, and been actively doing business in more than 40 countries around the world. 2011-2020 he was based in Asia, first in India as VP for South Asia and then in China heading Application Sales for Asia-Pacific. He is heavily engaged in driving the sustainability agenda with focus on decarbonisation. Joachim holds a Master’s degree in Process Metallurgy and a PhD in Production Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden.