Chris has served as a director of Element Solutions since 2019. Chris served as Chairman of the Board of KMG Chemicals Inc. from 2012 to 2018 and was a director of KMG from 2008 to 2018. He also served as Chief Executive Officer and President of KMG from 2013 to 2018. From 2006 to 2009, Chris was the Chief Executive Officer and President of Chemical Lime Company. Before joining Chemical Lime Company, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of OCI Chemical Corporation from 1996 to 2006. Prior to OCI Chemical Corporation, he held various positions of responsibility in sales, marketing, business development, operations and general management. Most recently, Chris served as a Senior Operating Director for SK Capital Partners from 2020 to 2022. He is currently a director of Smart Chemical Solutions, LLC, a private oil & gas chemicals company. He was also a director of several private companies: NuCera Solutions LLC and Techmer PM, LLC from 2020 through 2022. In the past, Chris has been a director of PHX Minerals Inc., fka Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. (NYSE:PHX), from 2019 to 2022, where he was a member of its Audit and Compensation committees. He is also a director of Smart Chemical Solutions, LLC, a private company. From 2011 to 2018, he was also an Operating Partner of Advent International Corp., which he advised on transactions in the industrial sector.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut, as well as a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University.