G David Birney
President
Business & Management
A. Schulman Corporate
Norway
Biography
David G. Birney is a former President and Chief Executive Officer of Solvay America Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Solvay Group, an international chemical, plastics and pharmaceutical business. He served in that position from 2001 to 2006 and concurrently served as Chief Executive Officer of Solvay Chemicals Inc. from 2002 to 2005. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer for Solvay Polymers Inc. for 13 years. Mr. Birney has been on the boards of several charitable and not-for-profit organizations, including Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc. He is a graduate of the University of Loughborough, UK, where he earned a bachelor's degree in industrial chemistry. He has served on the A. Schulman Board of Directors since 2006.
Research Interest
Business
