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Ben Gliklich
CEO of Element Solutions

Ben Gliklich became the CEO of Element Solutions upon the formation of the Company in 2019.  He served previously at its predecessor company in a variety of roles including ‘Executive Vice President - Operations and Strategy’ and Chief Operating Officer.  He joined from General Atlantic, a global growth-oriented private equity firm, and prior to that worked for four years at Goldman Sachs in their New York and Sydney, Australia offices.  Ben graduated Cum Laude from Princeton University and with distinction from Columbia Business School.  Through a balance of hard-driven operational excellence and creative capital allocation, Ben has approximately tripled shareholder value in the seven years of his tenure at Element Solutions, making it amongst the best performing stocks in the materials sector globally during that time period.

Peter Young
CEO and Managing Director
Young & Partners

Peter Young manages Young & Partners, the Chemicals and Life Science investment bank and strategic advisory firm, Young & Partner. Prior to the formation of Young & Partners, Mr. Young was global head of the chemical industry investment banking groups at Lehman Brothers, Salomon Brothers and Schroders. Early in his career while with Bain & Co., Mr. Young provided corporate strategy advice to major life science, medical device and chemical companies globally. He was also a senior member of J.H. Whitney & Co., the venture capital firm, an investor in healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotech, and technology companies.

Mr. Young received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar with Highest Distinction), an M.S. in Accounting from New York University and a B.A. in Economics from Yale University. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a Chartered Global Management Accountant and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.