Patrick Thomas

Patrick Webster Thomas is the founder of World Plastics Council.
Current jobs include Chief Executive Officer at Covestro LLC (United States), Chairman-Business Economics Programme at the University of Oxford, Director at Verband der Chemischen Industrie eV, President at PlasticsEurope Deutschland eV, Member-Supervisory Board at Covestro Deutschland AG, and Member-Supervisory Board at Covestro AG since 2020.
Former jobs include Global CEO-Polyurethanes Division at Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Bayer Material Science Ltd. from 2006 to 2015, Global Chief Executive Officer at ICI Polyurethanes, Chairman at Johnson Matthey Plc from 2018 to 2025, Independent Non-Executive Director at BG Group Ltd. from 2010 to 2016, Director-Supervisory Board at Bayer Technology Services GmbH, Non-Executive Director at Aliaxis SA from 2018 to 2020, Director at Conseil Européen de l'industrie Chimique - European Chemical, President-Specialties at Huntsman International LLC, President at PlasticsEurope from 2011 to 2017, Member-Supervisory Board at CLAAS KGaA mbH, Principal at Huntsman Corp., Principal at AstraZeneca, Inc., Principal at Zeneca, Inc., President-Polyurethanes & Performance at Huntsman Advanced Materials (Europe) BV, Council Member at Gerson Lehrman Group Ltd., and Member-Supervisory Board at Akzo Nobel NV from 2017 to 2025.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford, conferred in 1979.