Guillermo Novo

Guillermo Novo is currently the chairman and chief executive officer at Ashland Global Holdings Inc.

Novo has served in his current role with Ashland, a $2.3 billion global manufacturer of specialty materials for customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, since December 31, 2019. He has over 30 years of leadership experience in the specialty materials and specialty chemicals industries. Prior to joining Ashland, he served as the president and CEO and a director of Versum Materials, Inc. Previously, he served as executive vice president, materials technologies, and senior vice president, electronics, performance materials, strategy and technology, with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Novo began his career in 1986 with Rohm and Haas Company (which merged with Dow in 2009) and held a variety of commercial, marketing, and general management positions. He served as vice president at Rohm and Haas, and later as group vice president, Dow Coating Materials. Novo holds a master of business administration degree from the University of Michigan and a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Central Florida. He previously served on the advisory board for the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida.