Bookmark 01-31-2019

New President and CEO

Changes in the Management of Trinseo

Frank A. Bozich, President and CEO (© Trinseo)

Frank A. Bozich has been named President and CEO of Trinseo, effective March 4, 2019. He replaces Christopher D. Pappas, who recently announced his plans to retire following his tenure as President and CEO of Trinseo since 2010. Pappas will transition to the role of Special Adviser to the CEO effective March 4, in support of a smooth transition.

Bozich was most recently President and CEO of SI Group, Schenectady, NY/USA, a global specialty chemical company, from 2013 to 2019. He grew the company’s chemical intermediates and specialty resins businesses in serving a wide range of market segments including industrial and consumer goods, rubber resins, plastic additives, adhesives, and engineering plastics. In 2018, SI Group was acquired by SK Capital Partners and merged with Addivant, another portfolio company of SK Capital.

Prior to joining SI Group, Bozich held several executive management positions at BASF, where he served as President of BASF's Catalysts Division; Group Vice President of Precious and Base Metal Services; and Group Vice President of the Integration Management Office.

Prior to BASF, Bozich was Group Vice President, Enterprise Technologies and Ventures at Engelhard Corporation, which was acquired by BASF in 2006. He has also held leadership positions at Rohm and Haas; Croda Adhesives, Inc.; and Apex Adhesives, which he founded in 1986. Bozich serves as a director of OGE Energy Corp., an Oklahoma-based gas and electric utility company. He previously served on the Board of Trustees of Ellis Medicine, a hospital in Schenectady.

Bozich holds a bachelor's degree in Chemistry and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago, as well as a master's degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois.