Leadership News FAQs Contact Leadership Mark Vergnano Chief Executive Officer, Designate Mark Vergnano, executive vice president, DuPont, is responsible for businesses in the Performance Chemicals segment: DuPont Chemicals & Fluoroproducts and Titanium Technologies. In January 2014, DuPont announced that Mark will become the chief executive officer of Chemours upon its creation, expected in mid-2015. Mark joined DuPont in 1980 as a process engineer in the former Fibers Department in Richmond, Va. He held a variety of manufacturing, technical, and business assignments throughout his career and has lived in a variety of locations. He was named vice president and general manager for DuPont Nonwovens in February 2003 and vice president and general manager for DuPont Surfaces and Building Innovations in October 2005. In June 2006, he was named group vice president of DuPont Safety & Protection. He was named executive vice president in October 2009. Full Biography BC Chong President, Chemours Titanium Technologies, Designate BC Chong is president of DuPont Titanium Technologies. He joined DuPont in 1989 in Singapore as operations manager for DuPont Engineering Polymers. Since joining DuPont, he has held a variety of leadership positions in operations, planning, business development, sales and marketing, and business management. In his initial role, BC started up the Engineering Polymers Singapore compounding plant and managed that facility. He then became the planning and business development manager for DuPont in the ASEAN region. Between 1992 and 2000, he held various Engineering Polymers account management, marketing, and business management positions in Asia Pacific. Full Biography Thierry Vanlancker President, Chemours Fluoroproducts, Designate Thierry Vanlancker is president of DuPont Chemicals & Fluoroproducts. In January 2014, DuPont announced that Thierry will lead the Fluoroproducts business for Chemours upon its creation, expected in mid-2015. Thierry joined DuPont in 1988 in Belgium as sales representative for Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP) for the Benelux countries. In 1993, he transferred to Bad Homburg, Germany, and was appointed market development consultant for P&IP Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA). In 1996, he transferred to Wilmington, Del., as global technical service manager for P&IP and was appointed global product manager of Vamac® ethylene acrylic elastomers in 1998. Full Biography Chris Siemer President, Chemical Solutions, Designate Chris Siemer was appointed to his current role in July 2014. Chris joined DuPont in 2010 as managing director, Clean Technologies and immediately led the successful acquisition of MECS, the global leader in technology for the production of sulfuric acid, the world’s most widely utilized chemical commodity. Chris started his career at Stauffer Chemical in production engineering roles and in 1982 he moved into the technology licensing group based in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. He worked as a design and commissioning engineer on projects in the Americas, Europe, and Asia and later assumed responsibility for technology sales. Stauffer was acquired by ICI in 1987, and Chris focused on the licensing of technology for the manufacture of vinyl chloride and PVC. Full Biography E. Bryan Snell Senior Vice President, Productivity & Strategy, Designate Bryan Snell joined DuPont in 1978 at the Savannah River plant as a process engineer and held various assignments at that location until 1987. Between 1987 and 1992, he served in various business and manufacturing roles in the Petrochemicals Department and in Corporate Plans. Bryan joined the DuPont Titanium Technologies business in 1992 as production unit manager at the Edge Moor plant near Wilmington, Del. Since that time he has held a range of leadership roles in Titanium Technologies. In 1997 he assumed the role of venture manager in the new ventures group and two years later he moved into a global sales and marketing assignment. In 2002 he was named plant manager of the Kuan Yin TiO2 plant in Taiwan and in 2004 was appointed managing director for Titanium Technologies in the Asia Pacific region. Full Biography Mark E. Newman Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Designate Mark Newman joined DuPont in November 2014 from SunCoke Energy Inc., where he was senior vice president and chief financial officer responsible for the strategy, business development, and information technology functions. Mark joined SunCoke to lead the full separation of the coke-making business from its parent, Sunoco, and directed the initial public offering (IPO) in July 2011. Mark was also instrumental in a major restructuring of the business, which led to the IPO of the first coke-making master limited partnership, SunCoke Energy Partners, in January 2013, where he serves as a member of the board. Full Biography Beth Albright Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Designate Beth Albright joined DuPont in October 2014 as the senior vice president of human resources for the new Performance Chemicals company. She has more than 20 years of human resources experience and most previously was senior vice president of human resources at Day & Zimmermann. Prior to Day & Zimmermann, she held progressive HR leadership and managerial positions at Tekni-Plex, Rohm and Haas (now Dow Advanced Materials), FMC Corporation, General Chemical and Fluor Daniel. Throughout her career, Beth has supported manufacturing, research, operations and business services organizations and has developed and implemented workforce and talent management strategies and processes across all regions of the world. Full Biography Erich Parker Vice President of Corporate Communications and Chief Brand Officer, Designate Erich joined DuPont in 2008 as communications leader for the Safety and Protection Platform. Two years later, as creative director and global director of corporate communications, he led the initiative to develop corporate positioning and its creative expression through branded content and program sponsorships with such media giants as the BBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Times Now and Fortune. Prior to joining DuPont, Erich was principal of his own public relations and marketing communications firm based in Washington, D.C., and Manhattan. Erich has also served as executive vice president of Association & Issues Management; director of communications for the American Academy of Actuaries; founding publisher and executive editor of the magazine Contingencies; and public affairs aide for renewable energy to the Secretary of Energy, US Department of Energy. Full Biography Dave Shelton General Counsel, Designate Dave Shelton will serve as general counsel of the new Performance Chemicals company. Dave is an associate general counsel for DuPont and is a member of the DuPont Legal Global Leadership team. Prior to DuPont, Dave spent eight years in private practice in Philadelphia and southern New Jersey as a trial attorney. Since joining DuPont in 1996, Dave has served in many roles in the Legal Function, including environmental counsel and commercial counsel to DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise, where he was lead counsel for many of the Chemical Solutions businesses. 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