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Guillermo Novo is a Chairman/CEO at ASHLAND GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC and VP:DOW Polyurethanes at Dow Chemical Co. He has worked as Board Member at VERSUM MATERIALS, INC.; Senior VP/Gen Mgr:Electronics at AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/; and Exec VP:Materials Technology at AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC /DE/. Guillermo works or has worked as President at United Way in Brazil, MEMBER at United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Country Manager:Indonesia at Rohm And Haas Co.. He attended University of Michigan and UCF.

Mark Costa is a Board Member at American Chemistry Council, Chairman at EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO, and Senior Vice President at Polymers Group and is based in Johnson City, Tennessee. He has worked as Exec VP:Speciality Polymers at EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO, Senior VP:Corp Strategy at EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO, and Senior Partner:Integrated North American at Monitor Group. Mark attended Harvard Business School and University of California Berkeley.

As CEO, Andres Lopez’s focus is to enhance the performance of the business to benefit customers, employees, investors and other key stakeholders. Lopez has established himself as a strong and successful leader, most recently serving as chief operating officer during 2015 and playing a key leading role on the recent acquisition of Vitro’s Food and Beverage business in Mexico, the U.S. and Bolivia. He has also served as president of O-I Americas, with a focus on strengthening O-I’s North America operations. Prior to that role, he served as president of O-I’s South America operations, where he led the region through significant organic and acquisition-based growth, adding new capabilities in Brazil and Argentina. Lopez has held various other leadership positions at O-I, including global vice president of manufacturing and engineering; vice president of manufacturing, North America; and country general manager for O-I Peru.

Mark is a co-founder of Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI) and recipient of the 2014 AIST Steelmaker of the Year Award. He has held a variety of senior management positions and served on the board of directors since SDI’s inception in 1993. In August 2008, Mark was named Executive Vice President for Metals Recycling and Ferrous Resources, as well as President and Chief Operating Officer of OmniSource Corporation. From 1998 to 2008, Mark was responsible for SDI’s Flat Roll mill operations. Under Mark’s leadership, the facility experienced significant growth, expansion, and portfolio diversification. As a result, SDI operates one of the most productive and profitable flat roll mini mill operations in the United States. Mark assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Steel Dynamics on January 1, 2012. Prior to the formation of Steel Dynamics, Mark worked for Nucor Corporation for 12 years and earned his bachelor’s degree in metallurgy from the University of Surrey, England.

Andy Rose joined Worthington Industries in 2008 as vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) when the Company and the country were deep in the Great Recession. Rose helped preserve liquidity and financial stability and guide the Company through that challenge. In 2014, he was promoted to executive vice president and CFO and has been instrumental in advancing the Company’s financial and capital allocation strategies. He was named president of Worthington Industries in August 2018 and became CEO of the Company on Sept. 1, 2020. Before joining Worthington, Rose worked at MCG Capital Corporation where he was a senior investment professional in the Atlanta office for the $1.5 billion public investment company. He focused on making control-equity investments and providing debt financing for companies in the manufacturing, distribution and transportation and logistics industries. Previously, Rose was partner, co-founder and member of the investment committee with Peachtree Equity Partners, a private equity fund backed by Goldman Sachs. He managed debt and equity recapitalizations for manufacturing, distribution and service firms, served on the board of directors of various companies, advised management on growth strategies and operations, and managed the firm’s institutional investor base. Prior to that, Rose served as vice president of private equity at Wachovia Capital Associates for five years and started his career at J.P. Morgan & Co. in global cash management. Rose earned his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Rose serves as a member of the board of directors of White Castle®, chairman of the board of Rev1 Ventures and as a member of the Columbus Business Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and The Ohio Business Roundtable. Previously, he served on the board of trustees of the Community Shelter Board, The First Tee of Central Ohio and the FM Global Advisory Board.

Phil McDivitt brings more than 30 years' industry experience to Ascend Performance Materials. He currently serves the company as a chief executive officer. Prior to this, Phil spent more than seven years with the Celanese as a vice president and general manager of advanced engineered materials. Phil McDivitt holds a master's degree in business administration from Naveen Jindal School of Management.