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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
     Group Chief Executive, age 53
    David Dutro joined the Board and was appointed Group Chief Executive in January 2007. He joined Elementis in November 1998 as President of Elementis Pigments then became President and Chief Operating Officer, Elementis Worldwide, in October 2005. Mr Dutro was vice president and 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. Mr Dutro was born and educated in the US and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing.
  • Brian Taylorson
    Finance Director, age 53
    Brian Taylorson was appointed Finance Director in April 2002. Before joining Elementis he was 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 over a period of 17 years. 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. He is a non-executive director of Fiberweb plc.
  • Greg McClatchy
    President, Elementis Specialties, age 45
    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.
  • Dennis Valentino
    President, Elementis Chromium
    Dennis Valentino re-joined Elementis as President of Elementis Chromium on 29 April 2009. His previous positions at Elementis included Managing Director of Asia Pacific and President of Elementis Pigments until it was sold in August 2007 when he left the group. Prior to Elementis, he joined Pfizer Pigments in 1975 and held various positions there including Director of Research and Development, Vice President of Manufacturing and Vice President of its North America Coatings business. Dennis completed his undergraduate study in Chemical Engineering at the University of Missouri - Rolla, and received his Master's in Business Administration from St. Louis University.
  • Walker Allen
    General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, age 49
    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.
  • Jerry Horton
    Vice President Worldwide Human Resources, age 54
    Jerry Horton was appointed Vice President Worldwide Human Resources in January 2008. He joined Elementis as Vice President Human Resources Elementis Pigments in December 2000. Prior to joining Elementis he was Vice President Labor Relations for Earthgrains, now Sara Lee, and before that he was the Director Human Resources with Hussmann, now Ingersoll Rand. Jerry obtained an MBA in 1996 and has worked 30 years in the Human Resources field.