CPI Board
Bob Coxon OBE
Non-Executive Director and Non Executive Chairman
Bob Coxon is a member of the Board of Directors of several international businesses in the chemical and process industries.
He is a non-Executive Director of AZ Electronic Materials, a speciality chemicals supplier to the semiconductor and flat panel displays industries with manufacturing in Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China, Germany and the USA.
He is a non-Executive Director of PQ Corporation a Philadelphia based manufacturer of silicas, silicates, zeolites and catalysts. It is a global enterprise operating in 19 countries on five continents.
He is a non-Executive Director of Stahl, the world’s leading speciality chemicals supplier to the leather finish industry with manufacturing in Holland, USA, India, Singapore and China.
He is a non-Executive Director of Ensus, a company established to produce fuel grade bioethanol for the transport industry. The first Ensus plant, which is currently under construction on Teesside, will be the largest production facility in Europe. It will produce bioethanol by the fermentation of wheat grain.
Mr Coxon is a Senior Advisor to The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, with more than $70 billion under management. Mr. Coxon assists Carlyle in developing strategy and identifying investments in the chemicals and process industry sectors. He is based in their London office.
He is also a Director of The Whitehall & Industry Group (WIG) a charity that fosters senior level relationships between major companies and Whitehall departments.
In the North East of England he is Chairman of The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), Chairman of the NE Process Industries (NEPIC) that represents over 400 companies in the region. He is also Chairman of NETPark and is a member of the North East Science & Industry Council.
Mr Coxon was awarded the OBE in the 2008 New Years Honours List.