David Farrar C.Chem, FRSC, CCMI. Director

Previous Employment:

• VP Business and Technical Development , ISP Inc., Wayne, NJ
• Managing Director, Ionic Solutions Limited, Bradford, UK
• President, CIBA Water Treatments, Basle, CH
• CEO, Allied Colloids PLC, Bradford, UK
• President, North America and Director, Allied Colloids PLC, Suffolk, VA
• Research and Technical Director, Allied Colloids PLC, Bradford, UK

40+ Years Experience:

• Research, molecular design, analysis and development of polyacrylamides, polyacrylates, polyamines (epi-amines), polyDADMACs, superabsorbents and acrylate and methacrylate functional monomers (Acrylamide, Acrylic Acid, AMPS, DADMAC etc).
• Application, sales and marketing of products to the Water Treatment, Paper, Mining, Oil and Gas, Detergent, Personal Care, Adhesives, Coatings, Textiles and Agriculture industries.
• Plant design, scale–up, production operations and QC of functional monomers and polymers
• (powder, bead, inverse emulsion, LDP, w/w dispersion, aqueous emulsion and solution).
• 80+ discrete patents on monomer and polymer synthesis, polymerisation processes, product design and end application ( + 3 unpublished patent applications).
• Strategy, M&A activity, change management, innovation etc.