Peter Holicki to retire; John Sampson to rejoin Dow as senior vice president, Operations, Manufacturing & Engineering
September 15 2020 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced today that John Sampson, executive
vice president, Business Operations for Olin Corporation, has been
named senior vice president, Operations, Manufacturing &
Engineering for Dow. Sampson succeeds Peter Holicki, who will
retire in 2021 after more than 34 years of service with Dow.
Sampson has most recently served as a corporate officer at Olin
Corporation, with executive oversight for managing the M&E,
Manufacturing Services, Safety / Health & Environmental and
Technology Center of Olin’s Chemical businesses. Prior to joining
Olin in 2015, Sampson had a long career with Dow, beginning in 1983
in Louisiana in Polymers Research & Development.
He moved into the Manufacturing organization in 1988 and
throughout his Dow career, held a wide range of positions. He was a
business manufacturing leader and led sites in the U.S. and Europe
– including Dow’s Rhine Center facility in Germany and France from
2004 to 2007. He served as the global business director for
Chlor-Alkali and in 2011, he was named Manufacturing vice
president, Chemicals & Energy. He was later named vice
president of Environment, Health & Safety Operations for
Dow.
“I am delighted to welcome John back to Dow,” says Jim
Fitterling, Dow chairman and CEO. “John is an outstanding,
well-respected leader who brings a deep range of strategic
experience in manufacturing, business and EH&S. Our global
manufacturing, operations and engineering team plays a vital role
in the pursuit of Dow’s ambition and future growth, and John is
ideally suited to lead this world-class team.”
Sampson will assume his new responsibilities October 1, 2020. He
will join Dow’s Leadership Team, and will be based in Midland.
Fitterling adds, “I want to thank Peter Holicki for his many
years of service to Dow and for his leadership. Peter has been a
steadfast champion of Dow’s Manufacturing organization throughout
his career and has helped build the strong team we have in place
today. I also thank him for his work as executive sponsor of the
Disability Employee Network (DEN). Please join me in wishing Peter
and his family every happiness as they begin this next
chapter.”
Holicki joined Dow in 1987 in Stade, Germany. Over more than
three decades, he held numerous leadership positions in sites
across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including serving as
global manufacturing vice president of Dow’s Hydrocarbons business.
In January 2014, Holicki was elected corporate vice president of
Manufacturing and Engineering and Environment, Health & Safety
Operations and in 2015 was appointed senior vice president of
Operations, Manufacturing and Engineering, Environment Health &
Safety Operations.
About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and
scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve
profitable growth. The Company’s ambition is to become the most
innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials
science company. Dow’s portfolio of plastics, industrial
intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad
range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for
its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging,
infrastructure and consumer care. Dow operates 109 manufacturing
sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 36,500 people. Dow
delivered sales of approximately $43 billion in 2019. References to
Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more
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