Board of Directors

Pierre Brondeau has served as Chairman of the Board since October 2010, and was also Chief Executive Officer of FMC from January 2010 until May 2020, President from January 2010 until May 2018, and Executive Chairman from June 2020 to April 2021.

Mr. Brondeau previously served as president and chief executive officer of Dow Advanced Materials, a division of The Dow Chemical Company, until September 2009. Prior to Dow, Mr. Brondeau was president and chief operating officer of Rohm and Haas Company, which was acquired by Dow Chemical in 2009. During his 20-year career at Rohm and Haas, Mr. Brondeau held numerous executive and commercial positions in Europe and the United States with regional and global responsibilities for marketing, sales, research and development, engineering, technology and operations. Prior to joining Rohm and Haas, he spent six years at Air Liquide in Paris and Chicago in engineering, research and development, and marketing.

Mr. Brondeau also serves as chairman of the board of directors at Livent Corporation.

He is a non-employee chairman.

Director Since 01/01/10

Chair of the Executive Committee

Eduardo Cordeiro has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cabot Corporation from 2009 until May 2018, and served as an advisor to Cabot through the remainder of 2018. From 2014 to 2018 he also served as President, Americas Region. He joined Cabot in 1998 and has held several corporate, business and executive management positions including General Manager of Cabot’s Fumed Metal Oxides and Tantalum businesses and Vice President of Corporate Strategy. Prior to joining Cabot, Mr. Cordeiro was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and a founding partner of The Economics Resource Group.

Mr. Cordeiro brings extensive strategy, finance and chemical industry experience to the Board. He has developed corporate strategy experience working for The Boston Consulting Group and more specifically chemical industry strategy experience leading Cabot’s corporate strategy function for the last several years. He also brings deep financial experience having held multiple finance roles at Cabot over the last 14 years, including, most recently, the CFO position. Mr. Cordeiro also brings operational and chemical industry business experience to the Board having been General Manager for two of Cabot’s core specialty chemical businesses.

Mr. Cordeiro is a member of the Board of Directors of Owens Corning.

Mr. Cordeiro is a non-employee independent director.

Director Since 06/01/11

Chair of the Audit Committee; Audit Committee Financial Expert
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Executive Committee (Alternate)

John Davidson was elected to the Company’s Board of Directors in July 2020. He served as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Tyco International from 2004 to 2012 where he led financial reporting, internal controls and accounting policies and processes. Prior to Tyco, Mr. Davidson held senior global leadership positions in finance and related disciplines at Eastman Kodak Company and Dell Computer Corporation. He is a Certified Public Accountant and began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. He was a trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation, an organization that oversees the processes for setting financial accounting and reporting standards in the U.S. He has a strong track record of building and leading global teams and implementing governance and controls processes.

Mr. Davidson serves on the boards of TE Connectivity and and International Flavors & Fragrances. He previously was a director at Allergan, Plc., DaVita, Inc., Pentair, Plc., and Legg Mason, Inc., and served on the board of governors of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which regulates and oversees the U.S. financial industry in the interest of investor protection and market integrity.

Mr. Davidson is a non-employee independent director.

Director Since 07/13/20

Mark Douglas became president and chief executive officer of FMC in June 2020. He has led the company’s commercial, operational and technology organizations as president and chief operating officer of FMC since June 2018. Mr. Douglas was named president of the Agricultural Solutions business in October 2012, after being named president of the Industrial Chemicals Group in 2011. He joined FMC in March 2010 as vice president, Global Operations and International Development. Mr. Douglas was previously with The Dow Chemical Company where he was vice president, president Asia, Dow Advanced Materials. Prior to Dow, he was corporate vice president, president Asia, Rohm and Haas Company, based in Shanghai. During his 21 years with Rohm and Haas, Mr. Douglas held sales, marketing and executive management positions in London, Singapore, Shanghai and Philadelphia.

Mr. Douglas is a director of FMC Corporation and Quaker Houghton. He is also a member of the Crop Life International Board of Directors and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Mr. Douglas is an executive employee director.

Director Since 04/28/20

Member of the Executive Committee

Since September 2021, Ms. Fortmann has served as CEO of Acomo Amsterdam Commodities N.V., a Euronext Amsterdam listed natural food ingredients company, focusing on spices, nuts, edible seeds, tea, food ingredients and organic ingredients. Ms. Fortmann began her career with DuPont where she held many technical and business roles over her fifteen years there, including serving as Business Director from 2002 to 2005. After leaving DuPont in 2005, Ms. Fortmann spent twelve years at Cargill Inc., leading its progressively larger and more complex food ingredient businesses. She was promoted to the executive team and was appointed to helm Cargill Business Services until she left the company in September 2017 to join Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. as President, FrieslandCampina Ingredients. In her three years there, she restructured their food ingredients business. In April 2020, she joined International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. where she led the integration of the company and DuPont’s ingredients businesses to form the largest ($6 billion) business within International Flavors & Fragrances from 2020 to 2021.

Ms. Fortmann is a non-employee independent director.

Director Since 04/28/22

Member of the Compensation and Organization Committee
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Beginning in June 2006, C. Scott Greer was a principal in Greer and Associates, a private investment management firm, until his retirement in 2021. Until June 2005, he was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Flowserve Corporation, a manufacturer of industrial flow management equipment. He served as Chairman from April 2000 and as its President and Chief Executive Officer from January 2000. Mr. Greer joined Flowserve Corporation in 1999 as President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Flowserve, Mr. Greer was President of UT Automotive, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a supplier of automotive systems and components, from 1997 to 1999. He was President and a director of Echlin, Inc., an automotive parts supplier, from 1990 to 1997, and its Chief Operating Officer from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Greer’s experience in senior executive roles, including as Chairman and CEO of a publicly-traded global manufacturing operation, as well as his service as a director of other public companies, enable him to make a significant contribution as a director of the Company.

Mr. Greer served on the Board of Directors of Washington Group from 2002 to 2007. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of eMedicalFiles, Inc.

Mr. Greer is a non-employee independent director.

Director Since 12/06/02

Member of the Executive Committee (Lead Director)
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Ms. Johnson was Executive Chair of Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. from October 2015 until the end of February 2016. Prior to being named Executive Chair, Ms. Johnson served for eight years as CEO and President. Elevance products and technologies are used in personal care products, detergents and cleaners, lubricants and additives, engineered polymers and other specialty chemicals markets. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as Senior Vice President of the Global Derivatives operating company within BP Innovene, one of the world’s largest global petrochemical and refining companies. She has served in a variety of leadership and executive positions for 25 years at Amoco, BP Chemicals, Innovene and Elevance. Ms. Johnson serves as an independent non-executive director with BlueScope, as well as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Trinseo S.A. and was previously a member of the Board of Directors of TPC Group, Inc. from 2011 to 2012.

Ms. Johnson is a non-employee independent director.

Director Since 09/23/13

Chair of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Sustainability Committee

Governor Kempthorne served as President and CEO of the American Council of Life Insurers from 2010 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as the 49th United States Secretary of the Interior from June 2006 until January 2009. From January 1999 until his appointment as Secretary of the Interior, Governor Kempthorne served as the Governor of Idaho. He was also a United States Senator representing the State of Idaho from 1993 to 1999 and was the Mayor of Boise, Idaho from 1986 to 1993. Governor Kempthorne has been Chairman of the National Governors Association, Chairman of the Western Governors Association and President of the Council of State Governments. He also served as a member of the Homeland Security Task Force. Governor Kempthorne is a member of the Board of Directors of Olympic Steel, and also serves on the Board of Directors of Robert Half International.

Mr. Kempthorne is a non-employee independent director.

Director Since 04/28/09

Chair of the Sustainability Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Until January 1, 2021, Ms. Øvrum served as Executive Vice President of Equinor ASA (formerly known as Statoil ASA) since 2004 and served on the company’s Corporate Executive Committee. In October 2018, she was named Executive Vice President, Development & Production Brazil. Over her career, Ms. Øvrum has had global responsibility for new energy, health, safety & environment, technology, research, procurement, projects and drilling. Prior to her current position, she held numerous senior leadership positions within Equinor, including Executive Vice President, Technology, Projects & Drilling; Executive Vice President, Technology and New Energy; Executive Vice President, Health, Environment and Safety; Senior Vice President, Operations Support; Vice President, Veslefrikk Field; and Platform Manager. Ms. Øvrum was appointed to the Board of Directors of TechnipFMC on October 1, 2020. She also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director with Harbour Energy. She was formerly a member of the Board of Directors of Alfa Laval AB, Atlas Copco, and Ratos.

Director Since 07/01/16

Member of the Sustainability Committee
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Until December 2013, Mr. Pallash served as President, Global Customer Group and Senior Vice President of Visteon Corporation, an automotive parts manufacturer, since January 2008. From August 2005 to January 2008, Mr. Pallash was Senior Vice President, Asia Customer Group for Visteon. He joined Visteon in September 2001 as Vice President, Asia Pacific. Visteon filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in May 2009 and exited in October 2010. Prior to joining Visteon, Mr. Pallash served as President of TRW Automotive Japan from 1999. Mr. Pallash is a member of the Board of Directors of Livent Corporation. Previously, he served on the Board of Directors of Halla Climate Controls in South Korea, a majority-owned subsidiary of Visteon Corporation.

Mr. Pallash is a non-employee independent director.

Director Since 04/22/08

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Sustainability Committee

Dr. Patricia Verduin served as Chief Technology & Science Officer of Colgate Palmolive Company from 2009 to 2023. Prior to her role at Colgate Palmolive, she held leadership positions at Conagra, Nabisco and the Consumer Brands Association.

Dr. Verduin currently sits on the boards of Ingredion Corporation and Avient Corporation, as well as The Valley Hospital of Ridgewood, NJ. She previously was a director of Monsanto Company, through the closing of its acquisition by Bayer. She holds a PhD in Food Chemistry from Rutgers University and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Dr. Verduin is a non-employee independent director.

Director Since 07/17/23

Member of the Compensation and Organization Committee
Member of the Sustainability Committee