William S. Stavropoulos
Mr. Stavropoulos has served Univar's non-executive chairman since November 2010. From May to December 2012, he served as Univar's Lead Direcor. Since 2006, he has been an Advisory Partner to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a global private equity firm. Mr. Stavropoulos is currently Chairman Emeritus of the board of directors of The Dow Chemical Company, a diversified chemical company. From 2000 to 2006, he served as Chairman of Dow; from 2002 to 2004 he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; from 1995 to 2000 he was President and Chief Executive Officer; and from 1993 to 1995, he was President and Chief Operating Officer. In a career spanning 39 years at Dow, Mr. Stavropoulos also served in a variety of positions in research, marketing and general management and was a member of the board of directors of Dow from July 1990 to March 2006. He is a director of Teradata Corporation, Maersk Inc., and Tyco International, Inc., and is on the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC. He is a trustee to the Fidelity Group of Funds. Mr. Stavropoulos is the President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation. Mr. Stavropoulos is past Chairman of the American Chemistry Council, Society of Chemical Industry, and American Plastics Council. He earned a B.S. degree from Fordham University and adoctorate in medicinal chemistry from the University of Washington.
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J. Erik Fyrwald
Mr. Fyrwald joined Univar in May 2012 and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and a director. From December 2011 to May 2012, Mr. Fyrwald was President of Ecolab Inc., a cleaning and sanitation products and services provider. From February 2008 to December 2011, Mr. Fyrwald was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Nalco Holding Company, a supplier of water treatment and process improvement services, chemicals and equipment programs. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Fyrwald served as Group Vice President of the Agriculture and Nutrition Division of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, a supplier of basic materials and products and services. Mr. Fyrwald serves on the board of directors for Eli Lilly and Company and Amsted Industries. He holds a chemical engineering degree from the University of Delaware and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
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Richard P. Fox
Mr. Fox has been a director since October 2007. Since 2001, Mr. Fox has served as a consultant and outside board member to companies in varying industries. From 2000 to 2001, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of CyberSafe Corporation, a provider of e-security solutions and services. Prior to joining CyberSafe, Mr. Fox was Chief Financial Officer and a member of the board of directors of Wall Data, Incorporated, a software company. Mr. Fox spent 28 years at Ernst & Young LLP, last serving as Managing Partner of its Seattle office. He serves on the board of directors of Pendrell Corporation and Flow International. In addition, he serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Scottsdale Healthcare and is on the Board of Visitors of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Mr. Fox previously served on the boards of Premera Blue Cross, Orbitz Worldwide, aQuantive Inc., Shurgard Storage Centers Inc. and PopCap Games. Mr. Fox received a B.A. degree in Business Administration from Ohio University and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
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Claude S. Hornsby
Mr. Hornsby has been a director since May 2010. Since November 2011, Mr. Hornsby has been the Chief Executive Officer of Morrison Supply Company, a wholesale distributor of plumbing, HVAC and building products. From August 2006 to June 2009, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Wolseley PLC, a distributor of plumbing and heating products and supplier of building materials. Mr. Hornsby has spent over three decades in the distribution industry. Mr. Hornsby serves on the board of Virginia Company Bank and is past chairman of National Association of Wholesalers and is past Rector of Christopher Newport University. He holds a B.A. degree from Virginia Tech and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of Business.
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Richard A. Jalkut
Mr. Jalkut has been a director since November 2009. Since 2002, Mr. Jalkut has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S. TelePacific Corp., a telecommunications company. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Jalkut was the President and Chief Executive Officer of PathNet, a telecommunications company. From 1991 to 1998, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the NYNEX Telephone Companies (now Verizon), a telecommunications company. Mr. Jalkut serves on the boards of HSBC-USA and serves as Chairman of Hawaii telecom. He previously served on the boards of Digex, IKON Office Solutions, Covad Communications, Birch Telecom and Home Wireless Networks. Mr. Jalkut holds a B.A. degree from Boston College.
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George K. Jaquette
Mr. Jaquette has been a director since November 2010. Since 1999, he has been with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a global private equity firm. Mr. Jaquette is principally engaged in sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities and has been involved in a broad range of transactions, including the acquisition and subsequent sale of VWR and Diversey. In addition to serving as a director at VWR and Diversey, he is currently a director of HGI Holdings, Inc. Prior to joining CD&R, he worked in the principal investment area and investment banking division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. He also worked at K Capital Management, a multi-strategy investment firm. Mr. Jaquette earned a B.S. degree from Bucknell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Christopher J. Stadler
Mr. Stadler has been a director since October 2007. Since March 2007, he has been Managing Partner of CVC Capital Partners, a private equity and investment firm. From 1996 to 2007, Mr. Stadler served as Managing Director and Head of Corporate Investment North America of Investcorp International, Inc., an investment company. Mr. Stadler currently serves on several private company boards and previously served on the board of Saks Incorporated. He holds a B.A. degree from Drew University and an MBA from Columbia University.
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Gijs Vuursteen
Mr. Vuursteen has been a director since October 2007. He is currently a Senior Managing Director at CVC Capital Partners. From 2000 to 2011, he was a Managing Director of CVC Capital Partners, a private equity and investment firm. Mr. Vuursteen holds a Masters Degree in Mathematics from the University of Groningen. He is a member of the Pilot Travel Center LLC board of directors.
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David H. Wasserman
Mr. Wasserman has been a director since November 2010. Since 1998, Mr. Wasserman has been with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a global private equity firm. Before joining CD&R, Mr. Wasserman worked in the principal investment area at Goldman, Sachs & Co., an investment banking and securities firm, and as a management consultant at Monitor Company, a strategy consulting firm. Mr. Wasserman led CD&R’s acquisition of Hertz from Ford Motor Company, the carve-out of Culligan Ltd. from Veolia Environment and the acquisition of ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. He is currently a director at Culligan, Hertz and ServiceMaster. He previously served on the boards of Kinko’s, Inc., Covansys Corporation and ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited, currently known as Pendrell Corporation. He is a graduate of Amherst College and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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