Denis Hicks

Denis Hicks

Denis has over 40 years of experience in the Petrochemicals Industries. He is a former Director, in the both Europe and Asia of Huntsman Polyurethanes (formerly ICI Polyurethanes). His career spans Operations, Business Development/R&D, P&L Responsibility, Business Management and Strategy. In particular relevance to THX, Denis led the development of Recycling of Polyurethanes, including building the first pilot plant for flexible foams in the late 90’s, and also developed a business for polyurethanes for Automotive, Furniture and Bedding. Since 2015, he has participated in the UNECE Committee for Sustainable Energy, including as an Advisory Board Member on the projects for Pathways to Sustainable Energy and Carbon Neutrality.  These projects modeled future energy scenarios to limit Climate Change to develop Energy Policy and, as a spin-off, their likely impacts on energy-intensive industries such as Petrochemicals and the development of markets for Carbon Capture. 

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