Mr. James R. Fitterling, also known as Jim, serves as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Dow Chemical Company. Mr. Fitterling has been Chief Operating Officer for the Materials Science Division at DowDuPont Inc. since August 31, 2017. Mr. Fitterling is accountable for all of Dow's businesses except Dow AgroSciences, Operations, which include Environment, Health & Safety and Sustainability, Manufacturing and Engineering and Supply Chain, as well as Research & Development. He served as Chief Operating Officer of DowDuPont Inc. since October 22, 2015 and served as its President since October 2, 2016 and its Chief Operating Officer of Agriculture Division since August 31, 2017. Mr. Fitterling served as Vice Chairman of Business Operations at DowDuPont Inc. since October 2014 until October 2015. Mr. Fitterling served as an Executive Vice President of Feedstocks, Performance Plastics, Supply Chain at DowDuPont Inc. from December 2013 to October 1, 2014. He served as an Executive Vice President of Feedstocks, Performance Plastics, Asia and Latin America at DowDuPont Inc. from September 2012 to December 2013. Mr. Fitterling served as the President of Corporate Development & Hydrocarbons at DowDuPont Inc. since March 2011 until September 4, 2012 and also as its President of Feedstocks & Energy from September 2011 to September 4, 2012. Mr. Fitterling served as the Business President of Feedstocks, Performance Plastics, Asia & Latin America at DowDuPont Inc. since September 04, 2012. Mr. Fitterling served as the President of Chemicals and Energy Division at DowDuPont Inc. He served as the President of Plastics & Hydrocarbons at DowDuPont Inc. from August 2010 to September 2011. Mr. Fitterling served as a Senior Vice President of Corporate Development of DowDuPont Inc. from April 2010 to August 2010. Mr. Fitterling served as a Vice President of Corporate Development at DowDuPont Inc. from April 2009 to August 2010. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of OPTIMAL Group of Companies. Mr. Fitterling served as a Business Vice President of Polyethylene of DowDuPont Inc., since December 2005. He served as Executive Vice President of The Dow Chemical Company since August 2010. He served as a Business Group President of Basic Plastics of DowDuPont Inc., since March 2007. He joined DowDuPont Inc. in 1984. He served as a Commercial Director of Liquid Separations of Dow Pacific since 1994. He served as in a variety of Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain positions in Liquid Separations. Mr. Fitterling served as a Global Business Director of Liquid Separations, President and Chief Executive Officer of FilmTec Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of DowDuPont Inc. since 1998. Since 2000, Mr. Fitterling served as General Manager of Dow Thailand and Managing Director of SCC-Dow Group of joint venture companies. Since 2002, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of The OPTIMAL Group, affiliates of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia's state-owned oil corporation and DowDuPont Inc. He added responsibility for the Southeast Asia and Australia region in February 2004. Mr. Fitterling served as a Vice President of the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI) and was the Dow Representative to U.S. ASEAN Business Council. He served as the Vice Chairman of DowDuPont Inc. since October 22, 2015 until February 2016. He has been a Director of Chemical Financial Corporation since July 20, 2010. He served as a Director of Chemical Bank since July 20, 2010 until April 2015. He has been Director of Sadara Chemical Company since January 1, 2016. He serves as a Director of Univation Technologies LLC, P???tromont LLC and the Midland Country Club. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri - Columbia.