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Board of Directors

Avient Corporation’s board of directors is comprised of individuals of substantial accomplishment with demonstrated leadership capabilities. Each of our directors also has the following personal characteristics, which are required attributes for all board members: high ethical standards, integrity, judgment and an ability to devote sufficient time to the affairs of our Company. Our board members are:

     

     

Ashish Khandpur

 

Dr. Ashish K. Khandpur

President and Chief Executive Officer of Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services, since December, 2023. Before joining Avient, Dr. Khandpur served as Group President of the Transportation & Electronics business group for 3M Company (“3M”), a global manufacturing and technology company from 2021 to 2023. During his 28-year career with 3M, Dr. Khandpur has held a series of roles with increasing responsibility, including Executive Vice President, Transportation & Electronics business group, from 2019 to 2021; Executive Vice President, Electronics & Energy business group, from 2017 to 2019; and Senior Vice President, Research & Development and Chief Technology Officer, from 2014 to 2017, among other roles. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Constellation Energy Corporation and on the Dean's Advisory Board for the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

   

      

       Robert Abernathy

 

 

Robert E. Abernathy

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Halyard Health, Inc., a medical
technology company that focuses on eliminating pain, speeding recovery, and
preventing infection for healthcare providers and patients worldwide. Mr.
Abernathy served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Halyard Health, Inc.
from the time of its spinoff from Kimberly-Clark Corporation (“Kimberly-Clark”)
in 2014 until his retirement from those positions in 2017. Prior to that, he worked
for Kimberly-Clark, a global personal care products company. He joined
Kimberly-Clark in 1982 and served in numerous roles of increasing responsibility,
including President, Global Healthcare in 2014 and Executive Vice President,
from 2013 to 2014.

   

       

       Richard Fearon

Richard H. Fearon

Non-Executive Chairman of our Board since 2023. Prior to serving as Board
Chair, Mr. Fearon served as Lead Director of our Board from 2015-2023. Retired
Chief Financial and Planning Officer of Eaton plc (“Eaton”), a global
manufacturing company. Mr. Fearon served as Chief Financial and Planning
Officer of Eaton from 2002, and as Vice Chairman from 2009 until his retirement
in 2021. In his position at Eaton, Mr. Fearon was responsible for the accounting,
control, corporate development, information systems, internal audit, investor
relations, strategic planning, tax and treasury functions of Eaton. Prior to Eaton,
Mr. Fearon worked at several large diversified companies, including
Transamerica Corporation, NatSteel Limited and The Walt Disney Company.

   

       

     Gregory Goff

Gregory J. Goff

Retired Executive Vice Chairman of Marathon Petroleum Corporation
(“Marathon”), a leading, integrated, downstream energy company. Mr. Goff
served in this capacity from 2018 until his retirement in 2019. Prior to
Marathon’s acquisition of Andeavor (formerly Tesoro Corporation), Mr. Goff
served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2010 to 2018, and as
Chairman from 2014 to 2018, of Andeavor, a leading company in the
independent refining and marketing business. He also served as Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Andeavor Logistics LP (formerly Tesoro Logistics LP),
a NYSE-listed master limited partnership that owned, operated and developed
crude oil and refined products and logistics assets, from 2011 to 2018. Prior to
joining Tesoro in 2010, Mr. Goff worked for ConocoPhillips Corporation, an
integrated energy company, where he held a number of senior leadership
positions, most recently Senior Vice President Commercial from 2008 to 2010.

   

      

    Neil Green

Neil Green

Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at Otis Worldwide Corporation
(“Otis”), a leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and
service company, since 2020. From 2018 to 2020, Mr. Green served as Otis’ Vice
President, Transformation and Chief Digital Officer. Prior to joining Otis, Mr.
Green served as Vice President, Data Center Group at Intel Corporation, a
semiconductor company, and as President, Intel Federal LLC, a subsidiary of
Intel Corporation, from 2015 to 2018, and previously in various other roles of
increasing responsibility at Intel Corporation.

   

      

    William Jellison

William R. Jellison

Retired Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Stryker Corporation (“Stryker”),
one of the world’s leading medical technology (“Medtech”) companies. Since
2017, Mr. Jellison has served as Senior Advisor for Astor Place Holdings, the
Private Equity arm of Select Equities, and consults with other private equity and
investment management firms in the Medtech industry. Previously, Mr. Jellison
served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Stryker from 2013 to 2016.
Prior to joining Stryker, Mr. Jellison served as the Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Dentsply International (“Dentsply”), the world’s largest
manufacturer of professional dental products, from 1998 to 2013, except for a
roughly two-year period of time between 2002 and 2005 when he was a Senior
Vice President with full P&L responsibilities for some of Dentsply’s operating
divisions located in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Mr. Jellison began his career with
the Donnelly Corporation, a publicly traded international automotive parts
supplier, where he served in several senior leadership roles, advancing to Vice
President of Finance.

   

 

  Sandra Beach Lin

Sandra Beach Lin

Retired President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Calisolar, Inc. (now
Silicor Materials Inc.), a solar silicon company. Ms. Lin served in this capacity
from 2010 until her retirement in 2011. Previously, she served as Executive Vice
President, then Corporate Executive Vice President, at Celanese Corporation
(“Celanese”), a global hybrid chemical company, from 2007 to 2010. Prior to
Celanese, Ms. Lin held global senior executive positions at Avery Dennison
Corporation, Alcoa Inc. and Honeywell International Inc.

   

 

 Kim Ann Mink

Kim Ann Mink

Former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Innophos Holdings,
Inc. (“Innophos”), a leading international producer of performance-critical and
nutritional functional ingredients, with applications in food, health and
industrial specialties markets. Dr. Mink served in this capacity from 2015 until her
retirement in 2020. Prior to joining Innophos, Dr. Mink served as Business
President of Elastomers, Electrical and Telecommunications at the Dow
Chemical Company (“Dow”), a specialty chemicals provider, from 2012 to 2015.
She joined Dow in 2009 as Global General Manager, Performance Materials and
President and Chief Executive Officer of ANGUS Chemical Co. (then a fully-owned
subsidiary of Dow). Prior to joining Dow, she was Corporate Vice President and
Global General Manager, Ion Exchange Resins at the Rohm and Haas Company
(now a fully-owned subsidiary of Dow), where she spent more than 20 years
serving in numerous senior roles with increasing responsibilities.

   

 

  Ernest Nicolas

Ernest Nicolas

Chief Supply Chain Officer at HP Inc., a technology company with a product
and services portfolio of personal systems, printers, and 3D printing solutions,
since 2022. From 2020 to 2022, Mr. Nicolas served as Senior Vice President and
Chief Supply Chain Officer at Rockwell Automation, Inc. (“Rockwell Automation”), a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. From 2019 to 2020, Mr. Nicolas served as Rockwell Automation’s Senior Vice President, Operations and Engineering Services; from 2018 to 2019, he served as Vice President, Global Supply Chain; and from 2015 to 2018, he served as Vice President, Strategic Sourcing and Supply Management. He joined Rockwell Automation in 2006 and has held numerous
positions of increasing responsibility since that time. Prior to joining Rockwell Automation, Mr. Nicolas began his career at General Motors Company.

   

 

Kerry Preete

Kerry J. Preete

Retired Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer for Monsanto Company
(“Monsanto”), a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and
agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality. Mr. Preete
served in this capacity from 2010 until his retirement in 2018. Mr. Preete also
previously served as Monsanto’s President, Global Crop Protection Division from
2009 to 2010 and Vice President, International Commercial Business from 2008
to 2009. From 1985 to 2008, Mr. Preete served in various roles of increasing
responsibility at Monsanto.

   

 

Patricia Verduin

Patricia Verduin

Retired Chief Technology Officer for Colgate-Palmolive Company (“ColgatePalmolive”), a leading consumer products manufacturer. Dr. Verduin served in
this capacity from 2011 until her retirement in 2022. Dr. Verduin was ColgatePalmolive’s Vice President, Research and Development from 2007 to 2011. Prior
to joining Colgate-Palmolive, Dr. Verduin served as Senior Vice President and
Chief Science Officer, Grocery Manufacturers Association from 2006 to 2007, as
Senior Vice President of Product Quality and Development from 2002 to 2006,
and as Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Grocery Products
Development from 2000 to 2002 at ConAgra Foods, Inc. (now Conagra Brands,
Inc.).

   

 

William Wulfsohn

William A. Wulfsohn

Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ashland Global Holdings Inc.
(“Ashland”), a global leader in providing specialty chemical solutions to
customers in a wide range of customer and industrial markets. Mr. Wulfsohn
served in this capacity from 2015 until 2019. He was also a Director and NonExecutive Chairman of Valvoline Inc. (“Valvoline”), a leading worldwide producer
and distributer of premium-branded automotive, commercial and industrial
lubricants and automotive chemicals, from 2016 until 2018. From 2010 until
2014, Mr. Wulfsohn was President and Chief Executive Officer of Carpenter
Technology Corporation (“Carpenter”), a manufacturer of stainless steel,
titanium and other specialty metals and engineered products, and was a
director of Carpenter from 2009 until 2014.

 

Current Committee Membership

= Member =Chairperson

 

Independent directors   Audit Compensation Environmental,
Health & Safety
Governance & Corporate Responsibility
Robert E. Abernathy      
Richard H. Fearon      
Neil Green   Member     Member
Gregory J. Goff      
William R. Jellison      
Sandra Beach Lin      
Kim Ann Mink      
Ernest Nicolas     Member Member  
Kerry J. Preete      
Patricia Verduin      
William A. Wulfsohn