Bill began his career with Union Carbide Corporation in 1990 where he had various positions, including engineering, optimization, planning, and logistics. In 2000, he joined Texas Petrochemicals as a Business Analyst. Bill joined CMAI in the Olefins Consulting practice in 2002. He assumed responsibility for CMAI’s Global C4 Olefins and Elastomer Practice in 2006. In 2011 he was promoted to Senior Director Olefins and Elastomers in IHS Chemicals, Now IHS Markit, with responsibility for the global suite of Olefins and Elastomers Services. Currently is Vice President of Olefins and Elastomers in Chemical Market Analytics, a Dow Jones Company. He has published several papers on the Olefins and Elastomers industries as well as presented at Olefins and Elastomers Conferences around the world. Bill has B.S. and M.S. Degrees in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University and an M.B.A. from Tulane University.
Her career began at INSA in 1999 (Mexico) where she held several positions until 2003 when she transferred to Dynasol, LLC (Houston) as their marketing specialist. She holds a BS in chemical engineering from ITCM (Mexico) and she completed her MBA in digital marketing at CEREM International Business School in 2018. Roxanna served as Dynasol’s representative on the Americas Section Statistical Committee and as the Institute’s Statistical Committee Chair in 2009. In her current role, Roxanna is accountable for the IISRP’s Statistical Programs including data collection, reconciliation, systems design, and analysis and reporting. Also, she is responsible for the preparation of all statistical publications. Has direct responsibility for the Statistical Committee activities and serves as principal liaison for this Committee to the Managing Director. Assists the Managing Director for policy planning, development and implementation. Roxanna has more than 20 years of experience in engineering, supply chain, procurement, quality systems, project management, commercial intelligence and international business development support.
After achieving a summa cum laude M.Sc Degree in Chemical Engineering in Rome in 1994 on organic Materials, he devoted himself to the tire industry from 1995 until today. Over the last 29 years, Massimo has worked for international global companies in different roles in R&D, where he was able to gain expertise in both Raw Materials to Compounding as well as Processing. He joined Hankook - European Technical Center in 2015, where he serves a Material and Compounding Chief Specialist. Since 2019 his major focus is the development of innovative materials in the field of sustainability as well as coordinating research project in the EU area. Massimo also represents Hankook in several International Organizations such as ETRMA )European Tire and Rubber Manufacturers Association) and TIP (Tire Industry Project) Massimo is married and has one daughter.
David Shaw is the owner and Chief Executive of an international company called Tire Industry Research (TIRes). He has over 35 years' experience of the global tire industry. TIRes publishes a weekly newsletter on the tire industry in China as well as monthly reports on the global tire industry. These are regarded as some of the most influential publications in the tire industry and are essential sources of information and insight for many stakeholders. Since 2020, he has focussed on sustainability in the tire industry and offers some of the most insightful commentaries on the state of sustainability actions in the global tire business His customers include tire makers, tire wholesalers, and suppliers to the tire industry as well as financial institutions, other consultants, and government departments and industry associations. He regularly advises chief executives and corporate strategists on the future development of the global tire industry David regularly presents at conferences and tire industry events in Asia, the Americas and Europe.
Dr Lekshmi Nair is an international development expert, with over 20 years of distinguished professional trajectory with the public sector, private sector, academia, research, and International Organizations. A leading Economist with agriculture, trade, commodity, and management expertise, contributing to trade, equity, and sustainable development, focusing on developing and less developed economies. Dr Nair has over two decades of experience in elastomers with the International Rubber Organizations. Before joining ANRPC, Dr Nair had research and academic associations with the University of London, the Australian National University, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Government of India, and the International Rubber Study Group. Dr Nair holds a PhD in Economics from the University of London and is also a Cambridge University alumnus.
Dr. Chaoying Wan is a Professor at the International Institute for Nanocomposites Manufacturing (IINM), WMG, University of Warwick, UK. She specialises in macromolecular design via polymer chemistry and reactive processing technologies. She leads the Advanced Rubber Laboratory, sponsored by the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Centre of UK, WMG, working closely with global and national industries to innovate polymer nanotechnology for rubber circularity. The research strategies include in situ functionalisation, reactive processing, polymer foaming and 3D/4D printing. The functional elastomers have been applied for self-healing, adaptive and reprocessable soft devices, high performance sealing materials in harsh environments, damping and noise-control, and green tyre industries. The research aims to understand the relationship of microstructure - performance - circularity of polymer nanocomposites, and to co-develop sustainable rubber technologies for industrial decarbonization.
Bill Henderson is a degreed electrical engineer with over 30 years' experience in manufacturing automation, drives and motion control. With a strong background in manufacturing in various industries including Plastics, Converting, Metal Forming as well as Tire & Rubber, Bill brings a vast amount of engineering related experience and knowledge to the market. He has been working in the Tire & Rubber industry for over 10 years with every major Tire company around the world.
Robert Simmons joined GlobalData with the acquisition of LMC in 2021, he is responsible for tyre and rubber market research. At LMC he was the Managing Director of LMC Tyre and Rubber. Robert has been analysing the tyre market for over 20 years and is a regular speaker at international conferences. He first learnt about natural rubber in Papua New Guinea where he worked in the early 1990s. He is an economist by training and has a Masters’ Degree in Agricultural Economics from Reading University.