Henry Roth is the newly appointed President, Dow Middle East, and will drive Dow's commercial activities in the region. He will be based in the company's headquarters in Dubai, UAE.
Previously, Roth served simultaneously as president and chief executive officer of MEGlobal and Equipolymers, Dow's joint ventures with Kuwait's (Petrochemical Industries Company), prior to that, he was senior vice president in EQUATE Petrochemical Company for five years based in Kuwait. Roth represented Dow's interest within EQUATE, a second joint venture between Dow and PIC, and shared executive responsibility within the Office of the CEO. He also served as president of the EQUATE Marketing Company, leading the commercial business groups, as well as supply chain, human resources and corporate relations.
Roth joined Dow in 1977 and held a series of leadership roles in sales, marketing, purchasing and business management in a variety of plastics, chemicals and hydrocarbons businesses within Dow, including international assignments in Europe, Africa and North America.
In 1993, Roth became business manager, polystyrene in Europe and in 1996, moved to the hydrocarbons & energy business as business director, olefins, Europe. In 1999, he was named Dow's global purchasing director for raw materials chemicals before moving to EQUATE in 2001.
Roth is a Swiss citizen and holds both a business degree and a Swiss Commercial Diploma.
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