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SpecialChem appoints Dan Futter, former Dow chief commercial officer to its advisory board

Written by SpecialChem | Sep 7, 2026, 4:33:25 PM

About Dan Futter

Starting with Exxon Chemical, Dan’s career spans 39 years in the materials industry with a heavy focus on leading change and transformation in customer-facing roles. Prior to his current position at Dow, Dan led the commercial organization for Dow Corning, where he pioneered their e-commerce platform and was responsible for the integration of Dow Corning’s commercial activities into Dow/DuPont and the subsequent stand-up of Dow. He currently serves as a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Biochemistry with Biotechnology from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom and lives in Midland, Michigan. 


About SpecialChem

Being the Material Selection Platform, SpecialChem aggregates, digitizes, standardizes, and maintains the chemical industry’s Master Catalogs, containing close to 500,000 commercially available chemicals & materials from more than 6,000 suppliers. It gives product developers, formulators, and engineers free, unlimited access to source samples and evaluate materials, while enabling producers to validate, create, and capture demand. It also supports companies dealing with chemicals in creating their own Product Master Data with ionicPIM, its SaaS PIM software, and its expert data services.   

Media Contact: Catherine Bouhier, VP, Engagement Growth - catherine.bouhier@specialchem.com