Eli Ben-Shoshan Email & Phone Number

St Louis, Missouri, Us

Elessent Clean Technologies (MECS, Stratco, Belco, IsoTherming) is a global leader in process technologies to drive sustainability and carbon neutrality in the metals, fertilizer, chemicals and oil refining industries. Our mission is to deliver the technology and tailored solutions our customers need to more efficiently produce cleaner products for the world. From the production of carbonless energy to the production of sulfuric acid for the metals and fertilizer industries, and from removal of sulfur from refined oil products to air pollution control, Elessent creates clean alternatives to traditional industrial processes to minimize the impact on the environment while enabling our customers to produce essential elements critical to everyday life.Successful first year of independence with 15% top line growth and 50% earnings growth in 2022.

Wilmington, De, Us

(Feb 2017 - Dec 2021): Global business head for world leader in sulfuric acid, alkylation, Isotherming, and FCC scrubbing technologies. Spun out of DuPont and became Elessent Clean Technologies Dec 31, 2021.Previously (Feb 2012-Jan 2017 Houston, TX): Director, Strategy, M&A, Business Development, DuPont Industrial Biosciences. Led long-term strategic planning, project portfolio management and mergers & acquisitions for this $1.6B division. Led acquisition of assets of Dyadic International. Former board member, Industrial & Environmental Section, BIO. Global Ethics Champion.

Rochester, Ny, Us

Drove business development efforts on biofuels and renewable chemicals for $3 billion leader in enzymes and biotechnology. Responsibilities included market assessments, benchmarking, partner introductions and negotiations, and alliance strategy and execution. Emphasis on renewable isoprene (BioIsoprene). Acquired by DuPont in 2012. Role broadened post-acquisition.

Advisor to industrial corporations and investors on matters of business management and development in areas of biotechnology, chemicals, and energy.

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

Executive officer for publicly-reporting global engineered polymer company. Managed polyisoprene latex (Cariflex) business. Doubled revenue and tripled contribution margin vs. 2004 levels. Spearheaded justification for and approval of new manufacturing plant in Brazil. Managed merger & acquisition activity and step-out innovation. Managed long-term planning process, competitive intelligence, and market analysis.

General management responsibility for global organization conducting auctions and sealed bid negotiations involving products constituting annually over $1 billion in notional value.

Wichita, Kansas, Us

Dec 1998 - Mar 2000: Member of management team for recently acquired polyester businesses (global leader with revenues of $3 billion; 11,000+ employees in 6 countries). Responsible for economic thinking; development and deployment of financial accounting, budgeting, and forecasting methods; decision making on growth propositions.Previously (Sept 1996 - Dec 1998) Director Koch Chemicals / Koch Capital Services: Led and managed financial, valuation, and market analysis efforts on potential acquisitions and internal growth projects. Developed communication documents and championed projects through senior management and Board of Director approvals.

Formulated strategies for Fortune 500 companies, their private and international equivalents, and governing public entities. Managed case teams and modules involving both client team members and Monitor case team members.

Mba, Business

Bs, Physics

Ba, Quantitative Economics

Diploma