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Mr. Schmidt has served as VP of Marketing for Kraton Pine Chemicals since 2018 and was recently promoted to VP of Commercial. Mr. Schmidt joined Kraton in 2013 as a Manager for Kraton’s Cariflex business and held several senior-level positions including VP of Performance Chemical Sales before assuming his current role. ​Mr. Schmidt started his career in 1992 with Hoechst AG, working in engineering, operations, and strategy roles prior to serving as Business Director with Hoechst AG, Hoechst Celanese, KoSa & Invista.

Mr. Schmidt holds a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Martin-Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Germany.