Chris joined NOVA Chemicals as Senior Vice President, Styrenics in July of 2000, and assumed his current role in January 2008. Chris was President and Chief Executive Officer of Paint and Coatings.com prior to joining NOVA Chemicals. From 1996 until 1998, Chris led the ethylene elastomers business of DuPont Dow Elastomers, Inc. as Vice President, and was later named Commercial Vice President. He began his career with Dow Chemical in 1978, where he held a variety of sales and managerial positions through 1995.
Chris is a member of the Board of Directors of NOVA Chemicals, a board member of the Members Committee of INEOS NOVA, a board member of Allegheny Energy, Inc., a board member of the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and chairs the Communications Committee of the ACC. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees at Sewickley Academy.
Chris has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from The Wharton School of Business at The University of Pennsylvania. |