Sales professionals in Chemicals
Caustic soda, soda ash, ADI, chemical catalysts and sulfonic acid are among the products named in these chemical sales careers, at companies including BASF, The Chemours Company, Braskem, Solvay, Eastman and Wanhua Chemical Group. Both commodity and specialty sellers are here, which suits a supplier working out pricing, global key account coverage or how to bring a technical product to a new set of industrial buyers.
Professionals to explore
Carlos Verdejo
LinkedInExperience: Former Vice President of Sales and Marketing · The Chemours Company
In 2026 Carlos Verdejo became Vice President of Commercial Development at The Chemours Company, writing of a move "After six years leading global sales". Carlos's Chemours titles include Vice President of Sales and Marketing (2021–2026), Senior Director of Global Sales (2020–2021), Europe, Middle East and Africa Business Director (2020) and North America Business Director (2018–2020), a fit for questions on leading global chemical sales across regions.
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Erik Olson
LinkedInExperience: Director of Sales · Producers Chemical Company
Erik Olson has been Director of Sales at Producers Chemical Company since 2024, after Sales Manager there (2019–2024) and Sales Manager at The Chidley & Peto Company (2001–2019). Erik lists polyurethane, paint, polymers and plastics among skills and C.A.S.E. among the markets served, which fits questions on selling chemicals to coatings and polyurethane customers.
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Garrett Speck
LinkedInExperience: Director of Sales and Marketing · PVS Chemicals
At PVS Chemicals, Garrett Speck has been Director of Sales and Marketing since 2015, and held National Sales Manager (2020–2021), Senior Account Manager (2016–2019) and Account Manager (2015–2016) there, and Territory Manager at PPG (2009–2015). Based in Ontario, Garrett is Director of Sales for PVS Chemicals' Canadian division, selling commodity chemicals to automotive, food and pharma, mining, oil and gas, and pulp and paper customers.
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Isla Regenye
LinkedInExperience: Former Sales Director · Braskem
Since 2012, Isla Regenye has been Sales Director at Braskem, after Director of Client Fulfillment there (2010–2012). Isla also held Director Raw Material Sourcing at Sunoco (2009–2010), Account Manager at Sunoco LP (2002–2007) and Groups Sales Manager at Bioanalytical Systems, Inc. (1997–2009). The sourcing title gives Isla the buyer's view as well, useful for questions on what plastics customers weigh when choosing a supplier.
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Jeffrey Watson
LinkedInExperience: Sales Director · Royale Pigments & Chemicals
Sales Director at Royale Pigments & Chemicals since 2022, Jeffrey Watson was Global Key Account Director (2019–2022), Regional Manager - Soda Ash (2015–2019) and Regional Market Director (2012–2013) at Solvay, and Product Manager at SMC Global, a Special Materials Company (2013–2015). Jeffrey describes success across commodity and specialty markets, so soda ash and pigment pricing both fit.
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Larry Grubb
LinkedInExperience: Former VP Global Sales & Business Development · VanDeMark Chemical Inc
Now a retired chemical industry executive, Larry Grubb was VP Global Sales & Business Development at VanDeMark Chemical Inc (2016–2025), directing the overall commercial effort including sales and business development. Larry was also Director, Business Development at Axiall, a Westlake Company (2013–2016), and in PPG's Chlor-Alkali Division held Director of Sales, Business Development and SPD (2006–2013) and Business Director, Caustic Soda and Sulfur Products (2000–2006) titles.
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Robert Bory
LinkedInExperience: Head of Sales-Americas, Chemical Catalysts · BASF
Head of Sales-Americas, Chemical Catalysts at BASF since 2025, Robert Bory was Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Osmoses (2024–2025). At Air Liquide, Robert was Sr. Director, Commercial & Strategic Business Units (2020–2024), Director, Natural Gas - Membrane Technologies (2018–2020) and Sr. Manager, Strategy and Analysis (2017–2018), and describes scaling new technologies and driving market adoption in energy and industrial sectors.
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Robin McClure
LinkedInExperience: VP Sales & Business Development · Allied Petrochemical
Robin McClure, in Greater Houston, has been VP Sales & Business Development at Allied Petrochemical since 2025 and owner of McClure & Associates LLC. The Allied role covers taking its core sulfonic acid technology into new markets and working with the technical team on custom products. Robin was Executive Vice President at Aquapharm PChem, LLC. (2020–2024) and Vice President and Head of Commercial Activities, North America at ChemEOR, Inc. (2019–2020).
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Samuel Maddox
LinkedInExperience: Sales & Key Account Director · Wanhua Chemical Group
Samuel Maddox has been Sales & Key Account Director at Wanhua Chemical Group since 2024 and was Global ADI Key Account & Distribution Manager there (2017–2024). Samuel's other roles are Sales Manager, Additive Manufacturing at Praxair Surface Technologies (2016–2017), and Account Manager - SPF (2015–2016) and Product Line Manager (2012–2015) at Covestro, a fit for questions on key account and distributor management in ADI.
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Sandra Reid
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Sales · gChem
Senior Director, Sales at gChem since 2023, Sandra Reid held several Eastman titles with overlapping dates: Account Manager (2011–2023), Global Account Manager (2012–2022), Account Executive (2015–2022) and Sales & Business Development (2002–2009). Sandra is now focused on life science and pharmaceutical ingredients after earlier work in resins, a fit for global account management in specialty chemicals.
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Choose the right perspective
For global key accounts, Jeffrey Watson, Sandra Reid and Samuel Maddox hold global key account titles at Solvay, Eastman and Wanhua Chemical Group, and Carlos Verdejo has the global sales view from Chemours. Garrett Speck, Larry Grubb and Erik Olson fit commodity chemical, chlor-alkali and coatings questions; Robin McClure and Robert Bory suit taking a new chemistry or technology to market, and Isla Regenye covers plastics.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you hold price on a commodity chemical when a competitor undercuts you on a large contract?
- 02What technical support does an industrial buyer expect before qualifying a new chemical supplier?
- 03How do you manage a global key account that buys the same chemical in several regions?
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