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John Adams - Chief Executive Officer & Director |
Since 1988 until 2007 Mr. Adams was President of Chemical Research and Licensing Company, a unit of Shell Oil (NYSE-RDS-A), and Managing Director of CDTECH, a joint venture with Lummus Technology Inc. Prior to that position he worked for Polysar LTD, a Canadian petrochemical company, subsequently acquired by Nova Chemicals (NYSE-NCX). Mr. Adams led the acquisition of CR&L for Polysar. In 1997, CR&L was acquired by Shell Oil. He retired from CR&L in 2007.
At CR&L and CDTECH, his responsibilities included everything to do
with acquiring, developing and running a worldwide provider of refining
and petrochemical technology. CDTECH has grown substantially and has an
excellent worldwide reputation, both with customers and competitors.
Many large refiners are customers in all parts of the world. Key
technology product areas, such as hydrogenation, gasoline
desulfurization and alkylation, were developed and successfully
marketed to produce cleaner burning hydrocarbon fuels more
economically. CDTECH has about 200 US patents and a large number of
patent applications worldwide. Mr. Adams has a BSc in Chemical
Engineering from the University of London, England and an MBA from
Wayne State University. His career has focused on the development of
strategy, technology, markets, purchasing and human resources.
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