FutureFuel Appoints Roeland Polet as Chief Executive Officer

Aug 20, 2024

FutureFuel Appoints Roeland Polet as Chief Executive Officer

FutureFuel
Chemical Company

FutureFuel Corp. announced today that it had appointed Roeland Polet as Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective as of September 3, 2024. Mr. Polet succeeds Tom McKinlay who previously announced his retirement as Chief Executive Officer.

Polet, brings over 35 years of leadership experience and a track record of value creation and team building within global leading specialty chemicals companies. From 2015 to 2023, he held general management roles for Koninklijke DSM N.V., culminating in Chief Executive Officer, DSM Materials. Here, Polet contributed to significant gains in market share and profitability through organic strategy, M&A initiatives, and operational and commercial excellence.

Prior, Polet worked in senior leadership roles for Valspar Corporation, Celanese Corporation and Carbolite Foods, Inc. in the United States, Asia, and Europe. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from State University of New York at Buffalo. He will continue to serve as Non-Executive Director at Envalior, a joint venture between Lanxess and Advent International.

In his new role as Chief Executive Officer, Polet will focus on leveraging FutureFuel's legacy of market-leading innovation to expand its market presence, commercialize new products and technologies, and drive performance.

For more information, see our recent press release.

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