Whether to our customers, suppliers, employees or communities, our resources provide quality products and services for whatever, wherever and whenever they require.
Our employees are led by a highly qualified management team:

Ron Coyle, Vice President Global Commercial Director

has been with INEOS Phenol for over 8 years in various commercial roles in both the U.S. and Europe. He leads a business team comprised of sales managers, account specialists and customer service specialists that work one-on-one with the company's customers to ensure cost and time efficient supplies of phenol, acetone and AMS. The team custom-tailors business plans for each customer based on individual needs to ensure customer satisfaction. In addition to an undergraduate degree in business, he has an MBA from Emory University's Goizueta Business School.

Tobias Hannemann, Vice President Purchasing

graduated in business administration at the University of Applied Sciences in Essen, Germany and additionally holds a Bachelor's degree in commercial economics. Has over 11 years experience in different commercial functions in the Phenol business under the ownership of Huels/Degussa/INEOS. Tobias spent two years in the US leading the INEOS Sourcing Team in North America before returning to Germany. He primarily focuses on the key raw materials cumene, benzene and propylene.

Dietmar Schlug, Vice President Human Resources

graduated in economic sciences and organization from the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg. Following a military career he specialized in Human Resources Management. After more than a decade in various areas of economy he joined INEOS Phenol in 2004 to become its Human Resources Director. In the years before he gathered broad knowledge and experiences in leading positions in national, multinational and multicultural companies, which he now applies in the worldwide Phenol environment.

Dr. Markus Weber, Vice President Technology

has a distinguished experience of over 14 years as a Senior Chemical Engineer. He studied physics and received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. His career started in the Degussa-Hüls group where he worked in the field of research and process development with a focus on separation technologies. He was involved in the development of several large petrochemical processes and has a sound knowledge in project execution and process optimization. He joined INEOS Phenol in 1996 and acquired a deep understanding of the phenol process. He leads the Intellectual Property Department and is responsible for the development of our process technology worldwide and for the patent department. The process improvements developed by his group were the basis of several optimization projects, which led to higher efficiency more capacity.

Joachim H. Pieper, Vice President Operations Gladbeck

has nearly 25 years experience in engineering and management assignments around Germany, Belgian and USA, over 10 years with INEOS Phenol or Phenolchemie. He was the head of the project to enlarge the Antwerp facility from 210 kt/a to 420 kt/a, led the grass root project from site selection to start-up of the Mobile plant as well and was the head of the engineering and maintenance department in Gladbeck. With this background, a "Diplom" in Process Engineering from the University of Hannover in Germany and a 7 years experience with one of the biggest German chemical engineering companies, Joachim has the education and expertise to oversee the operations in Gladbeck.

Ir. Erwin Meeus, Vice President Operations Antwerp

After graduating as master in science and technology at the Free University of Brussels (VUB), he started his career at Monsanto Antwerp (ABS) in 1990 and through take-overs and joint ventures worked for Bayer and Lanxess before joining the INEOS ABS business as Global Technology & Manufacturing Improvement Manager at the ABS headquarters in Cologne. During his career he progressed through several functions in maintenance, production and engineering. He gained a lot of international experience in mainly France, Germany, US and Thailand in several manufacturing management functions being responsible for operations as well as expansion and relocation projects. In December 2010 Erwin joined INEOS Phenol as site manager for the Antwerp plant.

Ron Deakins, Vice President Operations U.S.

has been with INEOS Phenol at the Mobile facility since 1999. He previously served as the Production Manager and was directly responsible for all aspects of plant operations. As the VP of US Operations, his primary focus is to ensure excellence in SH&E and operational performance at both the Mobile and Port Arthur facilities. He works closely with the management team to optimize the U.S. Operations while maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction. He has an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and an MBA.