Gregg Smith

Gregg Smith is Executive Vice President & President of Orbia’s Fluorinated Solutions business group, represented by the Koura business. Koura is leading in the development, manufacture and supply of fluoroproducts that play a fundamental role in advancing everyday lives, with applications in sectors from medicine to construction to transportation to telecommunications.

Gregg has over three decades of global experience in the specialty materials and chemicals industries, with an established track record in general management, business development, entrepreneurship and technology development that unlocks growth.

Since joining Orbia in 2018, Gregg has led Koura to a competitive position in the fluorine value chain by expanding into existing and new verticals where fluorine is essential. Prior to joining Orbia, Gregg held executive leadership roles spanning operations, commercial and business development and technology at Cabot Corporation. He has had a successful history as a corporate entrepreneur and technology developer with the creation of new businesses and materials for inkjet and electrophotographic printing, carbon-reinforced composites and lithium-ion battery technologies.

Gregg holds an MBA from Northeastern University and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of New Hampshire.