International Business Directors

International Business Director, Life Sciences and Pharma

A graduate in Chemistry and Management, Neil began his career as an applications chemist at Beechams (now GSK) where he was responsible for the development of oral hygiene and hair care brands. In 1988 he moved into a technical sales role at S Black Ltd becoming Managing Director in 1991. Neil led the growth of S Black in the UK and Germany until the acquisition by Azelis in 2007. Since then he has been International Business Director for Personal Care and latterly also took responsibility to support the growth of our Pharmaceuticals business.  He now has overall responsibility for the Azelis Life Science business.

International Business Director, Polymers

Clément Cruaud has a Master of Management ICG from IFG Bordeaux and a Master of International Purchasing Management from ESC St Etienne. His first management role was as a sales manager for Thermofil Polymers. Clément then joined Azelis as Product Manager for ABS, PC and PA66, before becoming Regional Business Manager with responsibility for sales and marketing in Europe, North Africa, Turkey and India. He is now International Business Director, Polymers.

International Business Director, Coatings, Rubber and MPA

Michel Dumusois began his career with Arnaud, as product manager for the coatings industry in France in 1984. In 1987, he went to Thomson Consumer Electronics as an area sales manager in charge of distributors in Europe and then worked in the building sector, before returning to Arnaud in 1997. He has been International Business Director for Coatings since 2009, leading a business unit of 120 people with 3,300 customers in Europe. He took on the role of International Business Director for Rubber and MPA in 2010.

International Business Director, MPA

Marco Gerosa was born in Monza near Milan and gained a Diploma in Mechanics before pursuing a career in the chemical industries. He worked for 10 years at Hoechst Italy in R&D and sales in the Masterbatches division and for seven years in sales at Clariant. Marco joined Novorchem in 1999 (which then became Azelis in 2003) and has been International Business Director for Materials, Pigments and Additives (MPA) since 2008.

International Business Director, Food & Health

Following an initial career as an expert Ingredient Technologist, David Gray now has over 30 years sales and marketing experience in the Food industry. He fulfilled a number of roles in product analysis and development for large food manufacturers, before founding Food Ingredient Technology (FIT) in 1987 which he successfully built into a leading food processing and formulations business.

David joined Azelis following the acquisition of S&D and took on the role of International Business Director for the Food & Health business in 2011.

International Business Director, Industrials, Chemical Industries and Composites

Laurent Nataf has a Masters Degree in Engineering from the Engineering School of Industrial Chemistry of Lyon and an MBA from the Sorbonne Graduate Business School in Paris. He began his career with 6 years in R&D and production for PNR, a French based heavy detergents company. In 2003 he became marketing and sales manager for Arnaud, with responsibility for intermediates, custom synthesis, formulation additives and active ingredients. Laurent has been International Business Director, Chemical Industries since 2008 and assumed responsibility for Composites in 2010.

International Business Director, Personal Care

Andrew is a Chemistry Graduate and joined S. Black Ltd in the UK in 1984 and fulfilled a number of roles finishing as Technical and Marketing Director when S. Black was acquired by the Azelis Group in 2007. Having been the Regional Business Manager for the Personal Care market in the UK and Ireland within Azelis, Andrew assumed the role of International Business Director for Personal Care in January 2012.

This role is focussed on business growth throughout Europe working closely with the Azelis Regional Business Managers, Principals and Customers.