Chair and Former Chief Executive Officer
Dow
Jim Fitterling is Chair and Chief Executive Officer for Dow Inc., one of the world’s leading materials science companies with 2025 sales of approximately $40 billion. He became CEO in July 2018 and was elected Board Chair in April 2020. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer for the Materials Science Division of DowDuPont, an $86 billion holding company. Fitterling has played a key role in Dow’s transformation from a lower-margin, commodity company to one deeply focused on higher-growth markets that value innovation – with the ambition to be most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive, and sustainable materials science company in the world. He joined Dow in 1984 and served in a variety of sales, marketing, supply chain, corporate development, and business operations positions, including spending more than 10 years in leadership roles across Asia. At his direction, Dow became a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) to...
Jim Fitterling is Chair and Chief Executive Officer for Dow Inc., one of the world’s leading materials science companies with 2025 sales of approximately $40 billion. He became CEO in July 2018 and was elected Board Chair in April 2020. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer for the Materials Science Division of DowDuPont, an $86 billion holding company.
Fitterling has played a key role in Dow’s transformation from a lower-margin, commodity company to one deeply focused on higher-growth markets that value innovation – with the ambition to be most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive, and sustainable materials science company in the world.
He joined Dow in 1984 and served in a variety of sales, marketing, supply chain, corporate development, and business operations positions, including spending more than 10 years in leadership roles across Asia.
At his direction, Dow became a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) to drive innovation, increase much-needed resources, and take decisive actions to put an end to plastic waste in the environment. Additionally, he served as the business lead in Dow’s launch of its next-generation sustainability goals and drove the introduction of its accelerated plastics circularity and climate and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
A passionate advocate for inclusion, Fitterling leads Dow’s drive to diversify its global talent and is widely recognized for his work supporting non-discrimination and workplace equality.
