David Schmidt

Chief Operating Officer and Board Member at Qemetica

United States

About

• Executive management positions in global commodity, specialty chemical, and polymer businesses for public, private, and private equity owned companies • Manufacturing/technical background with progression through sales, business development, strategy, and procurement/supply chain roles before becoming CEO in a turnaround business unit • US Citizen with several European assignments and extensive experience in Asia • Experience in both large public and mid-size private companies and growing businesses via organic, joint venture, and acquisition routes

Experience

  • Chief Operating Officer and Board Member at Qemetica
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • VP & Integrated Supply Chain Transformation Officer at Nouryon
    Jun 2019 - Sep 2024 · 5 yrs 4 mos

    Leading transformation activities across manufacturing, procurement, and logistics in a private equity purchase of a specialty chemicals carve out from Akzo Nobel.

  • Chief Transformation Officer - Petrochemicals at BP
    Apr 2017 - Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Consultant at Independent
    Oct 2015 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Mergers & Acquisitions at INEOS USA
    Jan 2015 - Oct 2015 · 10 mos

    Leading multiple Merger & Acquisition projects for INEOS including the purchase of a business from a large public company in the US, the joint venture of one business with an Asian partner, and the purchase of multiple upstream assets in Europe.