Richard Dobson

• General management role covering all aspects of the company and business. Started up the company, which is active in the distribution and trading of Polymers and Chemicals, in early 2014. Sales mainly to customers in the tyre and rubber industry in the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. • Built product portfolio through broad and frequent interaction with polymer and chemical suppliers globally. • Fulfilment of financial management, HR and logistics management roles, in parallel to the main sales and marketing focus within MATAROX. • Established an office in Poland in 2016, which became the main hub and headquarter of MATAROX from early 2018.

• Responsibility for the Marketing and Sales activities of the Butyl Rubber business in the EMEA and LATAM regions. Managed a team of sales and marketing managers, as well as Technical Marketing, who handled the regional activities, either directly with customers or via agents and distributors. The major customers were global tyre producers. Closely interacted with senior management, Strategic Marketing, Product Management and Supply Chain. • Main customer base and industries serviced included the tyre industry, adhesives and sealants, chewing gum base and pharmaceutical component manufacturers. • Managed supply and demand planning in cooperation with Global Product Management and Regional Business Support, and all sales related activities including pricing, credit management, inventories, budgets and cost management, rebates, contract management etc.

• Management of the sales activities for all rubber products used in non-tyre applications throughout the Eastern Europe and Middle East & Africa regions. Main interaction was with sales personnel in the agencies in the region as well as directly with customers.

• Sales responsibility for all rubber related products in the southern African market, including the management of the sales force in the South African branch offices and those in the neighbouring southern African countries.