Angela Bowes

Building world-class global procurement function from ground up for Gowan's crop protection business - Strategic Leadership • Executing 3-year global procurement transformation across multiple regions • Establishing governance frameworks and best-in-class operational standards • Driving cultural shift from fragmented regional buying to strategic global function • Recruiting and developing global procurement team - Operational Excellence • Standardizing processes across global locations • Developing category strategies for active ingredients, intermediates, and indirect spend • Delivering cost reduction programs - Strategic Partnerships • Building strategic supplier relationships across global supply base • Ensuring regulatory compliance • Partnering with senior leadership to align procurement with business strategy • Collaborating with cross-functional teams • Establishing procurement as strategic business partner and profit center

- Responsible for global procurement for ion exchange resin business – Indirect & Direct - $300M annual spend - Define a vision, mission and goals for global procurement team and implement - Lead a global team of 21 procurement professionals - Responsible for the total delivered cost (TDC), security of supply, accelerated supplier innovation and procurement process improvements across the organization - Lead strategy development for all key spend areas - Represent global procurement in global cross-functional projects - Responsible for strategic supplier development program - Provide commercial teams support to meet customer needs e.g. sustainable sourcing - Responsible for global market intelligence data and reporting - Responsible for risk mitigation strategies for procurement

• Responsible for an annual spend of €110 million • Define global sourcing strategy for chemical commodities of responsibility for multiple global production sites • Lead complex negotiations, compile contracts and manage all aspects of the agreement, pricing and supplier relationships with global suppliers • Work closely with core supply base to identify and develop new solutions that can bring about new innovations, product improvements and cost savings • Define and lead projects in line with Group Procurement Strategy for cost saving, dual-sourcing and supply risk mitigation • Analyze the market and stay abreast of changes related to categories of responsibility, with key focus on supply/demand balance in the global market and price trends. • Manage & develop long-term relationships with global strategic suppliers • Work closely with internal stakeholders, such as R&D, Legal, Finance, Sales • Responsible for the trading of vinyl acetate monomer for Synthomer Europe • Responsible for trading PnL

• Responsible for an annual spend of €140 million • Define global sourcing strategy for categories of responsibility • Lead the strategic planning process for the purchasing of raw materials, chemicals & fillers, on a global level for multiple global production sites • Lead complex negotiations, compile contracts and manage all aspects of the agreement, pricing and supplier relationships with global suppliers • Compile market intelligence & continuously monitor market trends on categories of responsibilities including the commodity drivers • Propose & execute cost saving initiatives within area of responsibility • Work closely with R&D to approve and develop new suppliers & supply sources • Work closely with supply base to identify and develop new solutions that can bring about new innovations, product improvements and cost savings • Work closely with internal stakeholders, such as R&D, Legal, Finance, regional production facilities to ensure alignment and smooth execution of agreements

• Responsible for an annual spend of €50 million • Lead the development and implementation of sourcing strategies for the procurement of Direct materials for the South African operations • Lead complex negotiations and manage all aspects of the agreements • Ensure alignment of PPG EMEA Purchasing strategies to local business objectives • Manage a team of 3 Buyers • Monitor supplier quality and performance through KPI monitoring & monthly reporting • Gather market intelligence and report market trends, risks and opportunities linked to relevant materials R&D • Define and execute R&D strategy in line with local business requirements • Lead a team of 6 Research Chemists to fulfill local R&D objectives

• Develop supply strategies to ensure compliant, high quality, secure & cost competitive supply for chemical raw materials • Negotiate chemical raw materials prices & agreements with international & local suppliers • Conduct market and data analysis on critical categories to support commercial negotiations • Project Manager, responsible for system optimization for Purchasing Department, all IT and technical projects • Create metrics & manage supplier performance for Procurement Department • Manage the master data for Purchasing

• Lead a team of 4 Research Chemists • Managed polymer development laboratory & equipment • Responsible for budgeting, monitoring the costs & efficacy of research projects • Developed and implemented a new polymer strategy for the organization • Involved in ISO 9001:2000 process & procedure improvements for the site

• Responsible for the development of new emulsion polymer products for architectural coatings • Responsible for the training of new chemists • New method development • New polymer innovation project leader

Thesis: Syntheis of block copolymers via RAFT (Emulsion and minimeulsion polymerization processes)