He succeeds Abraham Brink of Karbochem, who now becomes the Past-President International. Mr. Nelson is the founder, chairman and CEO of East West Copolymer, LLC. Prior to existing ownership, Greg served as CEO, President and Director of Lion Copolymer, a leading global chemical producer of EPDM and SBR rubber, for the last 5 years.
Prior to joining Lion Copolymer, Greg spent 4 years at Nalco, as President of Nalco Europe and Group President of Nalco‘s Equipment and Services Business. Before joining Nalco, Greg was Global Vice President for Purchasing and Supply Chain for Sun Chemical; and before joining Sun Chemical, he was Global Vice President for Purchasing for Dow Chemical.
Greg began his career at Exxon Chemical where he held various management and leadership positions of increasing responsibility for nearly 20 years before leaving to join Union Carbide, which was later acquired by Dow Chemical. He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University.
In addition to Mr. Nelson, who will also serve as President to the Americas Section, the other members elected to the Institute Executive Committee for the year 2015-2016 are:
- Asia Pacific Section: Yoshimasa Fushimi of Zeon, President and Hendrik Lam of TSRC, Vice President.
- EMEA Section: Thierry Hombert of ExxonMobil, President and Ralf Irmert of Trinseo, Vice President.
- Americas Section: Peter Herzog of TSRC Dexco Polymers, Vice President, and John Lyon of ExxonMobil was elected Treasurer
Continuing to serve on the Executive Committee are Abraham Brink of Karbochem, Past-President International, and James L. McGraw, IISRP‘s Managing Director & CEO, Assistant Treasurer and Secretary.
The IISRP is an international not-for-profit association with 60 corporate members domiciled in 22 countries who produce 80 percent of the world‘s supply of synthetic rubber. The Institute supports regional offices in Milan, Tokyo and Beijing.
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