Chief Sales, Marketing & Sustainability Officer

John Davidson is the Chief Sales, Marketing & Sustainability Officer at Birla Carbon. In this role, Mr. Davidson will provide leadership to the Global Sales and Marketing organization, with a clear focus on enhancing the customer experience. As part of the Sustainability role, Mr. Davidson will accelerate Birla Carbon’s plans to be the world’s most sustainable carbon black company by leading all sustainability initiatives, including a sustainable product portfolio, with Sustainable Carbonaceous Materials (SCM) and Sustainable Carbon Blacks (SCB) under the ContinuaTM brand. He joined Birla Carbon in February 2018 as President of the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

Mr. Davidson has a proven track record of business and people leadership in his over 36 years of experience spanning sales, marketing, procurement, operations, and full business unit management. Mr. Davidson joined Birla Carbon from Lanxess, formerly of Chemtura, in their Bromine & Derivatives business.

Prior to senior management positions at Lanxess and Chemtura, Mr. Davidson spent almost 20 years at The Dow Chemical Company in specialty and commodity chemicals, both in the United States and Europe. He held various leadership roles, including Global Commercial Director, Industrial Solutions Enterprise; Global Business Director, Amines and Chelants; Global Marketing Director, Polyglycols, Surfactants, Fluids, and Oxygenated Solvents; and Global Asset Director, Specialty Alkoxylation assets, Polyglycols, Surfactants, and Fluids. Prior to Dow, Mr. Davidson spent seven years in various customer-facing positions in Nalco Exxon Energy Chemicals Ltd, where he began his career in 1989. Mr. Davidson holds a bachelor’s degree in science (Honors), Microbiology and Genetics from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.