Prelegenci

Howard Chase was appointed Director of Government Affairs for Dow Europe in June 2012. In this role, he provides overall leadership and direction to government affairs and public policy across Europe, in support of Dow’s corporate, geographic and business objectives and priorities. Howard Chase joined Dow after a long career with BP, where he was most recently Director of European Government Affairs based in Brussels. He previously held senior government affairs posts for BP in Washington DC and Moscow, and worked as a political advisor, commercial manager and plant and project engineer in many locations worldwide. Howard graduated in engineering from the University of Cambridge and completed management studies programmes in the UK and at Harvard Business School. He is based in Horgen, Switzerland, and is a member of the Dow Europe, Middle East & Africa and India (EMEAI) leadership team. Amongst various external and industry roles, Howard is Chairman of the Industry Advisory Panel of the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and Chairman of the European Risk Forum (ERF) and was previously a Sherpa to the European Commission High Level Group on Competitiveness, Energy and the Environment.