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President & Chief Executive Officer- DuPont Canada; VP&GM DuPont Nutrition & Health
Douglas Muzyka is president - DuPont Greater China and DuPont China Holding Co. Ltd. He joined the company in 1985 as a research scientist.
In 1988 he became research manager for DuPont Canada Fibers and Intermediates businesses and then went on to hold a variety of North American research management roles through 1994.
Mr. Muzyka was named director of Technology and New Business Development for DuPont Nylon, Asia Pacific, in 1994 and relocated to Hong Kong. From 1994 to 1998 he was involved in many plant start-ups and new venture developments throughout Asia Pacific.
In 1998, Mr. Muzyka returned to the United States to become business director for the worldwide Nylon Industrial Specialties business, a position he held until January 2001. He was then named president and general manager of DuPont Mexico. He was named president and chief executive officer of DuPont Canada Inc., in January 2003 and vice president and general manager - DuPont Nutrition & Health in September 2003. He was named to his current position in July 2006.
Mr. Muzyka was born in Canada and graduated as class valedictorian from the University of Western Ontario with bachelor, master and doctorate degrees in chemical engineering. He completed additional research for his doctorate at the Université de Téchnologie de Compiègne in France and worked as a researcher in the coal industry in France for two years prior to joining DuPont | 