U.S. based Distributor bundles End Markets served into select Macro Categories

Global chemicals and ingredients distributor Univar Solutions, Inc. (Downers Grove, IL – United States) announced that it has appointed Matthew Ottaway Senior Vice President Beauty Care and Nutrition. This appointment comes the company announced recently that it would combine of its 14 “end markets” into five “macro categories”, namely Consumer Solutions, General Industrial, Services & Other Markets, Industrial Specialties, and Refining & Chemical Processing. In his new role, Ottaway “will be accountable for the continued expansion and growth of Univar Solutions existing global businesses of Food Ingredients, Beauty, and Personal Care as well as the globalization of the Nutraceuticals business currently operating in Canada”, Univar said in the announcement.

Ottaway, who joined Univar in 2014, has more than 20 years of chemical and ingredients industry experience, working for both producers and distributors in sectors such as Beauty and Personal Care, Food Ingredients, Pharmaceuticals, and Coatings, the company said. His most recent position with Univar Solutions was that of Vice President Focused Industries EMEA, where he had a focus on sales execution as well as supplier management and geographic expansion. 

Source: Univar press release

HGE – DCG / 11.06.2020