Business Development Director (North America Emphasis) – Frank Copa

Frank has over 30 years of diversified experience in the Specialty Chemical, Polymer and Additives industries with multinational corporate businesses in leadership roles and management advisory capacities for small to medium size industrial enterprises. His 19 year service with BFGoodrich Chemical Company included assignment as Asia Pacific Business Director and Frank served for 7 years as Director International Sales and Marketing for Americhem Inc.

In these leadership capacities he has created profitable growth businesses through management of cross-functional and regional teams that established corporate long term strategic value through infrastructure development, technology licensing, supply chain distribution expansion and commercial branding strategies.

Frank's extensive exposure to international markets and cross-cultural understanding include business development experiences in Latin America, Europe/ME & Africa and Asia Pacific regions. Also his experience includes understanding of chemical industries' downstream markets including the Construction, Plastics, Textile Fiber, Coatings, Inks, Pharmaceutical, Packaging and other specialty segments. Mr. Copa is a MBA graduate of Bowling Green State University (1981) with concentration in Business and International Management.