[1][2][3] He served as the chief financial officer until 2010, and is currently the executive vice president of Dow Chemical Company until 2013.
[4] In 1977, he joined Dow Chemical and over 24 years, worked in Geneva, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Horgen and the corporate headquarters in Midland, Michigan.
[2][4][5] He resigned in 2001 to become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alcan, Inc.[2][4][5] He returned to Dow in July 2005 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
[3] He is a member of The Conference Board Committee of the Council of Financial Executives and a member of the Corporate Executive Board Working Council for Chief Financial Officers.
[1][3] He has served on the Executive Committee of the United States Council for International Business.