Primary Job Title President & Chief Operating Officer Primary Organization 
Grace
Location Columbia, Maryland, United States Regions Greater Baltimore-Maryland Area, East Coast, Southern US Gender Male
Hudson La Force is responsible for Grace's Catalysts Technologies and Materials Technologies business segments and Grace's global manufacturing and supply chain operations. As COO, Hudson is focused primarily on safety, sales growth, manufacturing excellence and capital investment. He was named to this role in February 2016.
Hudson
joined Grace as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2008. In that role, he focused on improving the company's profitability, cash flow, and return on invested capital. During his tenure as CFO, gross margins increased eight percentage points, Adjusted EBITDA margins increased 11 percentage points, adjusted free cash flow increased nearly three times, and adjusted return on invested capital increased 11 percentage points. Hudson was deeply involved in Grace's internal transformation into a fully-integrated global operating company and its external transformation into two industry-leading public companies in February 2016.
