Jonathan is a seasoned marketing professional with 30 years of experience in the Chemical Industry. With 20 years dedicated to marketing, he has spent the last decade focused on Marketing Excellence at a Corporate level. Since joining Eastman Chemical in 2017 as a Marketing Excellence Manager and Team Leader, Jonathan has been instrumental in driving the company's shift towards becoming market strategy driven and fostering a culture of excellence. At Eastman, Jonathan's responsibilities encompass the development of best practices for marketing, as well as talent assessment and development.

Jonathan’s expertise lies in value management best practices and building market strategy-driven processes and organisations. His impressive career includes 4 years at A Schulman (LyondellBasell) as well as a 16-year tenure at Dow Corning (now Dow Performance Silicones), where he held various roles spanning marketing, application development, technical service, product development, and R&D. His contributions to outstanding technical and marketing work were recognized with a Dow Corning Technical Achievement Award in 2001 and a Dow Corning Global Marketing Excellence Award in 2013.

With his wealth of experience and proven track record, Jonathan brings a deep understanding of marketing processes and methodologies and a passion for driving excellence. Jonathan has a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from the University of Nottingham, an MSc in Polymer Science from the University of Lancaster, a D.Phil. in Chemistry from the University of York, and marketing certifications from Kellogg School of Management. Originally from the UK, Jonathan is a Belgian-British citizen and based close to Brussels, Belgium.