Global Chlor-Alkali & Vinyls Conference

Michal Roztoczynski Business Consultant PCC Group

Michal currently holds the position of Business Consultant with PCC Group.

Michal brings over 15 years of international experience to the realm of sales and business development, specializing in designing and implementing effective sales strategies and expanding business operations in foreign markets. For the past seven years, he has been deeply involved in the chlor-alkali industry developing strong industry knowledge and fostering key partnerships.

Michal holds a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from Wroclaw University of Science and Technology and in Management from Wroclaw University of Economics and Business.

David McCoy Executive Chairman TZMI

David McCoy is the Executive Chairman of TZMI, a globally recognized consulting firm that supports the world’s opaque minerals and metals industries, particularly in the titanium value chain. David has worked for clients in over 70 countries.

He is a Chartered Professional Engineer (Chemical Engineering) and has a Master of Engineering Management (International Finance major) and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Vladimir Sedivy President Salt Partners Ltd.

Vladimir M. Sedivy received his MSc degree in chemical engineering (with honours) at the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague and a PED diploma at the Institute of Management Development in Lausanne. He built petrochemical plants with Badger in London and evaporation plants with Sulzer Escher Wyss in Zurich. His interest in salt started in 1973 when he became a manager of salt projects in Africa and South America. He invented the HYDROSAL salt purification process with hydroextraction of impurities in 1978. As a Director of Krebs Swiss, he acquired and implemented many salt and chloralkali projects in Europe, America, Africa, Middle East and India, including turnkey contracts for leading chemical and food companies.

In 2003, Vladimir M. Sedivy established Salt Partners. Under his management, Salt Partners carried out consultancy assignments for Governments, Banks and global corporations and built SOLARSAL and HYDROSAL salt production and processing plants worldwide. Vladimir M. Sedivy is a Member of the Board of several companies. He published many articles and presented papers at international conferences.

Vladimir M. Sedivy is married and lives in Switzerland. His son Claudio and daughter Isabella are Directors of Salt Partners. Both are biologists holding PhD and MSc degrees (with honours) from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Paul Leclair Vice President and Co-Founder Numera Analytics

Paul Leclair is a pulp and paper market expert with 25 years of experience in the industry. As Vice President and co-founder of Numera Analytics, Paul oversees the operations of Numera’s sectoral and custom research services, which cover the entire range of pulp and paper products, including market pulp, specialty pulps, graphic papers, packaging grades, tissue, hygiene products and recycled fibres. Paul holds a Masters degree in Economics from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC).

Wouter Bleukx Business Manager Vinyls & Hydrogen INEOS Inovyn

Wouter Bleukx is a Doctor in Applied Biological Sciences of the Catholic University of Leuven Belgium.

Wouter has 25 years business experience, executing different roles in Chemical Businesses going from research & development; sales and marketing, supply chain and product management. During last 10 years Wouter was responsible for business management in Organic Chlorinated Derivatives, Chlor Alkali and Hydrogen in INEOS Inovyn.

Currently, Wouter Bleukx is responsible for the Business General Purpose Vinyls in INEOS Inovyn.

Daniel Marks Principal Consultant Chemical Market Analytics by OPIS

Daniel Marks is a Principal Consultant at Chemical Market Analytics, based in London, with almost 10 years of experience in chemicals and energy consultancy. He has led on a wide variety of projects including market entry and feasibility studies, product screening, transactional support and commercial due diligence, cost competitiveness analysis, and strategy studies. He has worked on projects across a broad range of chemical value chains including inorganics, olefins, aromatics, methanol, polymers, and speciality chemicals, as well as energy/feedstock analysis and sustainability/low-carbon solutions. Previous clients include chemicals companies, integrated players, engineering services companies, banks, government bodies, and industry organisations.