Wonder

Research Outline

Prepared for Alyson K. | Delivered February 7, 2020

Past Executives of Rohm and Haas and FMC Corporation

Goals

To identify all the past CEOs, COOs and VP of Operations that have worked at either Rohm and Haas or FMC Corporation in the past 20 years (that is, 2000-2019) in order to make business referral introduction. The following information will be provided for each of these individuals: name, title, company, start/end date at company and current status (that is, either retired or current company name).

Early Findings

Rohm and HaasDow agreed to complete its takeover of Rohm and Haas on April 1, 2009. On completion of the deal Rohm and Haas became Dow Chemicals. 
CEO
Raj L. Gupta
Raj L. Gupta was the CEO and Chairman of the Board at Rohm and Haas from October 1, 1999 to March 31, 2009. 
Raj is currently the Executive Chairman of Avantor Performance Materials Holdings, Inc. and sits on the boards of "Tyco, The Vanguard Group, Hewlett-Packard Company, Delphi Automotive, Symphony IRI Group, and Stroz Friedberg Inc." 
Andrew N. Liveris
Andrew N. Liveris was the CEO and Executive Chairman of Dow Chemicals between 2004 and 2018. 
He currently "sits on the Board of Directors of IBM, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Novonix, and he is a member of the Concordia Leadership Council and the Australian government’s Industry Growth Centres Advisory Committee. He serves as a trustee of Saudi Aramco, The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), the California Institute of Technology and the United States Council for International Business. He is also on the board of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) and serves as Co-Chair of the Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum."
FMC CorporationCEO
Bob Burt
Bob Burt was the CEO and Chairman of FMC Corporation from 1991 to July, 2001.
William G. Walter
Willaim G. Walter was the CEO and President of FMC Corporation from August 2001 to December 31, 2009. 
William G. Walter currently serves as a "Board of Directors of International Paper Company, the American Chemistry Council, New York Life Insurance Company and the President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations." 
Pierre Brondeau
Pierre Brondeau is the current CEO and Chairman of FMC Corporation. 
Summary of FindingsDuring the first hour of research, the former CEOs of FMC Corporation, and Rohm and Haas were identified. Additionally, we noted the current positions of these individuals. However, we did not research the past COOs and VP of Operations for both companies. Additionally, we noted that Rohm and Haas was taken over by Dow Chemicals on April 1, 2009. 