Shawn Williams

Shawn Williams is Executive Chairman of the Board, having served as Board Chair and Acting Chief Executive Officer of Covia from June, 2021 through December, 2021 and as Board Chair from January, 2021 through May, 2021. Mr. Williams served as the CEO of Nexeo Plastics, a portfolio company of One Rock, from 2019 to 2020. Prior to his role as CEO, he was Executive Vice President – Plastics for Nexeo Solutions from 2012 to 2019 where he led a global team managing $2 billion of revenue as a plastics value-added distributor. Mr. Williams previously served as President – Momentive Global Sealants for Momentive Performance Materials and prior to that had a 22-year career with GE serving in a variety of business unit and commercial leadership roles. In addition to his role at Covia, Mr. Williams serves as an Independent Director for Tetra Technologies, Inc. and Kirby Corporation. Mr. Williams earned his M.B.A. in 1992 from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in 1985.