Mark D. Crist — Senior VP and President of Color, Additives & Inks at PolyOne Corporation

Mr. Mark D. Crist has been the President of Color, Additives & Inks at PolyOne Corporation since July 3, 2017 and also has been its Senior Vice President since June 2014. Mr. Crist is responsible for driving profitable growth and customer service for PolyOne's $1.1 billion distribution business. He served as President of Distribution at PolyOne Corporation since June 2014 and also served as its Vice President of Key Account Management until May 2014. Mr. Crist joined PolyOne in June 2008 as a Global Commercial Director. He served as Vice President of Asia, while based in Shanghai, where he led PolyOne's growth in the region to unprecedented levels in 2013. Prior to PolyOne, he worked 20 years with Nalco Chemical Company, serving in various sales, marketing and general manager roles focused on specialty markets in Europe and North America and cross-selling commercial operations serving multiple strategic business units driving successful implementation of key innovation and improving skills in commercial excellence. He began his career with PolyOne in 2008 working for Geon Performance Materials. He was responsible for global commercial operations and significant performance improvement in a vinyl compounding acquisition in Southern China. He began his career as a District Manager with Caterpillar Tractor Corporation. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Lorain County Boys and Girls Club and is a long-term volunteer for Hospice. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Management from Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana.