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WEBINAR: Dealing with Disruptions
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Dealing with Disruptions
The chemical industry is facing an unprecedented number of disruptions that have only escalated in the last few months.
Prior to the new tariff actions by the United States, the chemical industry was already facing a downturn in commodity chemical capacity utilizations (driven by Chinese and Middle East “strategic” expansions on top of normal cyclical industry capital expenditures), a slowing of growth in China and Europe, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical tensions, a number of regional wars, pressures from environmental movements such as zero-carbon and climate change, persistent inflation, and so on.
Recently, there has been a further increase in the number of disruptions caused by the tariffs imposed by the U.S., increased conflict in Gaza, conflicts between Pakistan and India, the increased threat of a takeover of Taiwan, the threat of increased inflation in the U.S. and elsewhere, the destabilization of the dollar and a weakening of U.S. treasury debt.
We have two experts who will give their view of what the disruptions are, their genesis, the impact that they are having and will have on the chemical industry, what the future may look like, who the winners and losers will be, how companies can do the right self- assessment to determine how bad the situation will be for them and what their strategic and financial options are.
Joseph Chang is the Global Editor of ICIS Chemical Business and has unique insights from his position as the Global Editor of ICIS Chemical Business and having the resources of ICS in terms of industry data and analyses. Peter Young, CEO of Young & Partners, is a veteran investment banking and corporate strategist whose firm serves companies in many different sectors of the industry on a global basis. In addition, his firm is known for its detailed data analyses of the chemical industry strategic, M&A, stock market and financing trends. Together, our two panelists will address the questions above and provide useful insights for senior executives in the industry.
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Joseph Chang
Global Editor
ICIS Chemical Business
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Peter Young
CEO
Young & Partners
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Meet the Speakers:
Joseph Chang is Global Editor of ICIS Chemical Business, a weekly publication covering game changing trends in the chemical industry and analyzing drivers of chemicals prices worldwide. This includes feedstock and price developments, supply and demand trends, new project activity and sustainability. He has been with ICIS and one of its predecessor publications for over 28 years, specializing in coverage of key developments in the global chemical sector as well as financial topics such as macroeconomics, capital spending, equity and debt markets, and mergers and acquisitions.
Joseph is also the Content Lead for the ICIS Topic Page - Macroeconomics and Impact on Chemicals, and has a degree in Finance and International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
Peter Young is CEO and a Managing Director of Young & Partners, an international investment banking and corporate/financial strategy firm focused on the chemical and life sciences industries. Young & Partners serves the M&A, capital raising, bankruptcy and restructuring, strategy and financial advisory needs of large and medium sized companies in the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia. Prior to Young & Partners, he was global head of chemicals investment banking at Lehman Brothers and a Partner and global head of chemicals investment banking at Schroders. Before Schroders he was head of chemicals M&A at Salomon Brothers, a senior investment officer at J. H. Whitney, the private equity/venture capital firm, and a strategy consultant at Bain & Company.
He has a BA from Yale in Economics, an MS in Accounting from New York University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar. He is a board member and head of programs at Societe de Chimie Industrial, a Board Member of the Committee of 100, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Pharmaceutical Executive.
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