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The management team

This is the Elementis management team. You can find details of the Board of Elementis plc on the Investors pages of this website.

  • David Dutro
     Chief Executive Officer, age 51
    David Dutro joined Elementis in November 1998 as Managing Director of Elementis Pigments. He was previously President and Chief Operating Officer, Elementis Worldwide, a position he has held since October 2005. Before that he was President of Elementis Pigments. In his previous career Mr Dutro was Vice President, General Manager of Universal Foods' Dairy and Food Ingredient businesses (now Sensient Technologies Corp), and also spent time with ICI in their colours, polymer additives and surfactants businesses.
  • Brian Taylorson
    Finance Director, age 51
    Brian Taylorson was appointed Finance Director in April 2002. He was previously Head of European Chemicals M&A at KPMG Corporate Finance. He joined KPMG in 2000 from the Dow Chemical Company where he held a number of positions in finance. He holds an MA from Cambridge University, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.
  • Greg McClatchy
    President, Elementis Specialties, age 43
    Greg McClatchy was appointed President of Elementis Specialties in January 2007. He joined Elementis Pigments in 1999, served as Managing Director of its Durham UK operations, was appointed Managing Director of Specialty Rubber in 2002, and President of Chromium in 2005. He was previously with Universal Foods (now Sensient Technologies Corp) and ICI's polymer additives business.
  • Eric Haaijer
    President, Elementis Chromium, age 45
    Eric Haaijer joined Elementis as President of Elementis Chromium in January 2007. Previously, Eric worked for Innophos and its predecessor companies, Rhone Poulenc and Rhodia, for 19 years. He most recently served as Vice President of Commercial Operations. Prior positions included Vice President of the Industrial Specialties Division and Vice President of Rare Earths and Gallium. Before joining Rhone-Poulenc, Eric spent five years with Alcoa in their Industrial Chemicals Division. Eric holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University.
  • Walker Allen
    General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, age 47
    Walker Allen joined Elementis as its General Counsel in September 1999. Prior to joining Elementis he was Associate General Counsel with GE Americom (now SES Americom), a GE Capital company, and before that Senior Business Counsel with GE Plastics (part of General Electric Company). Before GE, he was an associate in the corporate departments of two prominent New York City law firms.