Andrew N. Liveris AO is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company and the former Executive Chairman of DowDuPont. With a combined 42 years of experience at Dow, his career spanned roles in manufacturing, engineering, sales, marketing, and business and general management before becoming CEO and Chairman.

 

In April 2022, Andrew was named President of the Board of the Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games (OCOG). He is a director of Lucid Motors, IBM, Saudi Aramco, and Worley (where he is Deputy Chairman).

 

Andrew also sits on the Advisory Board of Salesforce, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Teneo, and NEOM. He is a Special Advisor to the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and serves as a trustee for the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and the United States Council for International Business. Additionally, he is a member of the B-Team Leaders Group and the Concordia Leadership Council.

 

Andrew has advised three U.S. presidents and served in various capacities such as co-chair of President Barack Obama’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee, a member of the U.S. President’s Export Council, and an active participant in the Department of Labor’s Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion. 

 

He was invited by the Trump Administration to help spur innovation and revitalize the U.S. manufacturing sector. Under President Biden, he co-chaired the Build Together Coalition that successfully advocated for the USD 1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed in 2020.

 

Andrew co-founded The Hellenic Initiative (THI) to support economic renewal in Greece through entrepreneurship, business development, and investment and serves as Chairman of the Board. He was appointed as a Special Advisor to the Australian Government’s National COVID-19 Coordination Commission and is a member of the Australian Design Council. An advocate for the criticality of manufacturing to national economies, Andrew authored "Make it in America" in 2011, presenting policy solutions and business strategies for economic resurgence in the U.S. His second book, "Leading Through Disruption," published in 2023, offers a new leadership paradigm for resilience and agility in a rapidly changing world.

 

Andrew is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of The Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. He earned a Bachelor’s degree with first-class honours in chemical engineering from the University of Queensland and was awarded the University Medal.

 

He has received several honorary doctorates and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2014 for his services to international business. In 2018, Andrew and his wife Paula donated $13.5 million to the University of Queensland to establish the Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership, aimed at nurturing the next generation of leaders to address global challenges.

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