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Juan R. Luciano is the Business Group President for Dow’s Hydrocarbons and Energy Business. In April 2007, he assumed oversight responsibility for Latin America. He is also a member of the Company’s Business Operations Committee and the Management Committee.
Juan joined Dow in Latin America in 1985 as a sales representative for Basic Chemicals. He subsequently held positions as product marketing manager for Polyurethanes and as business analyst, Economic Evaluation, in Argentina. In 1994, he became sales and marketing manager for Specialty Chemicals, in Brazil. He next took on responsibility as marketing manager for Polyglycols, Oxygenated Solvents, and DPO/HTF/Surfactants in Latin America. In 1996, he moved to the U.S. and became senior marketing manager for the Americas, Polyglycols, within the Specialty Chemicals portfolio.
In 1999, he was named business director for Chelants, Specialty Chemicals. He moved to the Polyethylene business in July 2000 to become the global business director for LDPE/PRIMACOR/SARAN/Slurry PE. In 2001, he assumed the position of Global Business Director for Polypropylene. In January 2004, Juan was named Business Vice President for Engineering Polymers, which included Polypropylene/Polystyrene/ABS/Polycarbonate and Compounding Products. In February 2006, he was named Global Business Vice President Olefins and Aromatics in the Hydrocarbons and Energy business. His most recent position became effective in January 2007.
Juan holds bachelors and masters degrees in industrial engineering from the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology. | 