Rajiv Singh leads the SABIC Ventures team and manages the investment portfolio for SABIC Ventures. In this role Rajiv leads SABIC’s efforts to engage with holders of non-proven technology strategically aligned with SABIC’s strategic vision. Rajiv has over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas, downstream and chemical industries. Rajiv has an MBA from Rice University, MS in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge and BS in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

John Wei has over 15 years of experience in the energy and oil & gas industries in both technical and commercial roles. John graduated from Tsinghua University with a Bachelor degree and from Rutgers University with a PhD, both in Chemical Engineering. In addition, John holds an MBA degree from UCLA with a focus in Finance and Entrepreneurship

Aruna Subramanian is the Senior Portfolio Manager for SABIC Ventures and is based in Europe. Aruna has over 25 years of international operations, investment and management experience in the energy and performance materials sectors with Schlumberger Oilfield Services, Shell Technology Ventures, Kenda Capital and Chemelot Ventures. She graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology and also holds an MBA from IMD, Lausanne.

Jay Amarasekera has over 30 years’ experience in catalysis, materials, minerals, plastics, coatings, surfactants, colorants, chemicals and elastomers area both as a technologist and as technology management roles. Jay holds a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, MS in Chemistry from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and BS from University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka.

Jim Allman has over 40 years of experience in the chemical and petrochemical industries in research and technology roles. Jim graduated from the University of Texas, Austin with BS in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, and from the University of Houston, Clear Lake City, with a MS in Process Control.

Dan Doble has over 18 years of experience in the semiconductor, solar and chemical industries in technical and managerial roles. Dan graduated with a Master’s degree from the University of Cambridge, a PhD from the University of Nottingham, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, all in chemistry. Dan focusses on new technology identification, technology due diligence, and management of external joint ventures.

Dirk Noordegraaf has over 35 years of experience in the plastics and textile industries in technical and marketing roles. Dirk graduated from Groningen University with a master’s degree in polymer chemistry.

Howard Huang is based in Shanghai, China. He has over 13 years of experience in the chemicals and advanced materials industries in R&D, business development and innovation management roles. Howard graduated from Tsinghua University with a PhD in Physics.

Frank brings over 30 years of experience in R&D and application development in automotive, water management and renewable energy markets. Frank received his MSc degree in Aerospace Technology from Technical University, Delft, The Netherlands, with specialization in composites.