Joe Harlan President, Performance Materials Executive Vice President, The Dow Chemical Company

Joe E. Harlan is an executive vice president of Dow and is the president of the Performance Materials Division, which consists of 12 different business units ranging from chemical building blocks, to customized systems and solutions. He is a member of the Company’s Executive Leadership Committee.

Harlan joined Dow in September, 2011 coming from 3M Corporation where he was executive vice president of the Consumer and Office business. Prior to 3M, Harlan spent 20 years with the General Electric Company (GE), where he held various finance, business development, and operational roles in their Plastics, Appliance and Medical Systems businesses, eventually serving as vice president and CFO of GE Lighting.

In 2001, Harlan joined 3M as vice president, Financial Planning. He then spent two years in Japan with Sumitomo 3M Limited, its Japanese subsidiary, where he served first as executive vice president, and then as president and chairman of the board. He became executive vice president of the 3M Electro and Communications business based in Austin, Texas, in 2004. He was named to his most recent position in 3M in 2009.

Harlan is a member of the Board of Directors of Flowserve Corporation acting as Finance Committee chairman, and participates on the Indiana University Deans Advisory Council for the Kelly School of business. Harlan holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana.

Revised: 09/22/2011