Murray R. Deal
Vice President
Board of directors
The European Chemical Industry Council
Belgium
Biography
Murray R. Deal is Vice President and Managing Director, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific (AP) and Latin America (LAR) Regions for Eastman Chemical Company. Murray is a native of Slidell, Louisiana. USA. He holds a B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Tennessee and an M.B.A. from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Deal joined Eastman in 1980 and has held many positions of increasing responsibility in financial, research, innovation, sales, marketing, and business organizations of the company. He led chemical and polymers businesses in Europe and was Eastman’s Vice President of Talent Development. Deal successfully led the integrations of Solutia and Taminco into Eastman. He served as Chair of the University of Tennessee Research Foundation Board of Directors. He also served as a member of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business Corporate Advisory Board and now serves on Darden’s Global Advisory Committee. He also serves on the Rotterdam School of Management Advisory Board and is on the Board of Directors of American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands. Murray R. Deal is Vice President and Managing Director, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific (AP) and Latin America (LAR) Regions for Eastman Chemical Company. Murray is a native of Slidell, Louisiana. USA. He holds a B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Tennessee and an M.B.A. from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Deal joined Eastman in 1980 and has held many positions of increasing responsibility in financial, research, innovation, sales, marketing, and business organizations of the company. He led chemical and polymers businesses in Europe and was Eastman’s Vice President of Talent Development. Deal successfully led the integrations of Solutia and Taminco into Eastman. He served as Chair of the University of Tennessee Research Foundation Board of Directors. He also served as a member of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business Corporate Advisory Board and now serves on Darden’s Global Advisory Committee. He also serves on the Rotterdam School of Management Advisory Board and is on the Board of Directors of American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands.
Research Interest
Accounting & Marketing Economics. Accounting Research Administration and Management
