Biography

Dr. Bob Maughon is the Executive Vice President, Sustainability, Technology & Innovation and Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer. He oversees a global organization with 18 research centers around the world and a talented team focused on driving process, product and application innovation to support SABIC's growth agenda. Additionally, Maughon has responsibility for Corporate Sustainability, Product Stewardship, Technology Licensing and Technology Ventures. Prior to joining SABIC in 2019, Maughon served as the R&D Vice President for Packaging & Specialty Plastics and Hydrocarbons at Dow. Early in his career with Dow, he worked in the Corporate R&D laboratories on a variety of programs ranging from heterogeneous hydrogenation catalysis, ring opening polymerization, homogeneous catalysis and alternative feedstocks. Over the course of his 21-years with Dow, Maughon moved from an individual contributor to eventually assuming people leadership roles in Corporate R&D and subsequently Business R&D for Hydrocarbons and Energy, Dow Pharma & Food Solutions, and Packaging & Specialty Plastics and Hydrocarbons. Maughon serves as a member for the University of Michigan Engineering Leadership Advisory Board, the AspenTech Executive Advisory Board, and the American Chemical Society Sustainable Development Advisory Council. He holds nine US patents and has numerous publications and presentations at external conferences.

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