Primary Job Title Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors Primary Organization 
Dow
Location Naples, Florida, United States Regions East Coast, Southern US Gender Male Also Known As Bill
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William Stavropoulos has served Univar's Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors since November 2010. From May to December 2012, William served as Univar's Lead Director.
Since 2006, William has been an Advisory Partner to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a global private equity firm.
William is currently Chairman Emeritus
of the Board of Directors at The Dow Chemical Company, a diversified chemical company. From 2000 to 2006, William served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Dow, from 2002 to 2004 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, from 1995 to 2000 he was President and Chief Executive Officer and from 1993 to 1995, he was President and Chief Operating Officer. In a career spanning 39 years at Dow, William also served in a variety of positions in research, marketing and general management and was a Member of the Board of Directors of Dow from July 1990 to March 2006.
William is a Member of the Board of Directors at Teradata Corporation and is on the Advisory Board for Metalmark Capital LLC.
William is a past Member of the Board of Directors of Maersk Inc. and Tyco International, Inc..
William is a Trustee to the Fidelity Group of Funds.
William is the President and Founder of the Michigan Baseball Foundation.
William is the past Chairman of the American Chemistry Council, Society of Chemical Industry and American Plastics Council.
William earned a B.S. degree from Fordham University and a Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Washington.
