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(1999), "Chairman and managing director", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 28 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.1999.12928dab.015
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 1999, MCB UP Limited
Chairman and managing director
Chairman and managing director
Keyword: Elf Atochem
At a recent Board Meeting, David Gresham was confirmed as chairman and managing director of Elf Atochem UK Ltd. This follows the retirement of James Puckridge as chairman on 31 December 1998.
A chemical engineering graduate, David Gresham joined Elf Atochem in 1980 as chief executive - Polystyrene Division. As the company acquired further manufacturing facilities he became industrial director in 1991 and then deputy managing director in 1995, with additional responsibility for all commercial divisions. In February 1997 he became managing director of Elf Atochem UK Ltd.