Paul Stenson

Dr Stenson has a career with the research, development, manufacture, and commercialization of new materials in the fields of coatings, adhesives, nonwovens, and pharmaceuticals. Dr Stenson was President and CEO of StanChem Inc. from January 2018 to April 2024. StanChem Inc. is comprised of two companies - StanChem Polymers which is a manufacturer of water-based polymers for the coatings and adhesives industries, and Albi Protective Coatings which focuses on the specialty sector of fire protective intumescent paints and specialty high-performance industrial coatings. Prior to joining StanChem in 2017, he worked as a global technology director at Axalta Coating Systems. Between 2011 and 2016, Dr Stenson was the executive vice president of technology and product development at Ahlstrom for nonwoven and specialty high-performance paper products. Prior to joining Ahlstrom, Dr Stenson was the vice president of technology for industrial and packaging coatings at Valspar based in Minneapolis and Zurich, Switzerland from 1993 until 2011. Dr Stenson is also the chairman of TopChem Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) which is a manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients. He is the chair of the Risk Committee.