MWSCC Monthly Meeting - May 2025

Join us at the Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton!

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Speaker: Neil Burns

Date: Tuesday, May 13

Schedule:

4:00 pm – Board Meeting (Board Members Only)
5:30 pm – Networking
6:30 pm – Introductions and Announcements
6:30 pm – Dinner
7:00 pm – Speaker followed by Q&A

Venue: Arrowhead Golf Club

Address: 26W151 Butterfield Rd., Wheaton, Illinois, 60189, United States

Venue Website: https://arrowheadgolfclub.org

Bio:

Neil Burns is a board member, operating partner and advisor, with a focus in specialty chemicals, particularly surfactants. He produces a series of conferences in partnership with ICIS on surfactants. He also publishes the widely read surfactants blog. He has held board positions at Pilot Chemical Company, Sivance LLC, and Cedar Concepts Corp, all specialty chemical companies, and served as CEO of Oxiteno USA, a surfactants company. His experience includes establishing international chemical businesses, driving sales growth, creating commercial functions, and commercializing new technologies within the chemicals sector. Additionally, he has provided commercial advisory services to Ballestra, a surfactants and oleochemicals technology company. He is currently strategic advisor to the board of Integrity Biochem.