I have known Arrie ten Caat for more than 10 years. Arrie is a high performing, relentless commercial professional. Arrie’s pragmatic approach and knowledge of the coatings, inks, plastics, and general industrial pigment markets has served him well in multiple commercial assignments. As manager of a $150MM business, I worked closely with Mr. ten Caat on a variety of pricing, supply, and quality issues. Each experience was an opportunity to learn about the European market, to develop a proactive solution, and to profitably grow the business I managed. During Mr. ten Caat’s tenure with Engelhard he was tasked to be part of a three person committee that replaced our European Managing Director. Arrie was Commercial Director, and from day one he led by example, instilling commercial discipline in his team and in our extensive Distributor Network. Arrie was singularly responsible for delivering an unbudgeted price increase in the very competitive European market that contributed to $2 million in net profits. Based on our close collaboration and my sincere admiration of his numerous contributions, I strongly endorse Arrie ten Caat for a senior executive commercial position in the chemicals industry.

I have known Arrie ten Caat for more than 10 years. Arrie is a high performing, relentless commercial professional. Arrie’s pragmatic approach and knowledge of the coatings, inks, plastics, and general industrial pigment markets has served him well in multiple commercial assignments. As manager of a $150MM business, I worked closely with Mr. ten Caat on a variety of pricing, supply, and quality issues. Each experience was an opportunity to learn about the European market, to develop a proactive solution, and to profitably grow the business I managed. During Mr. ten Caat’s tenure with Engelhard he was tasked to be part of a three person committee that replaced our European Managing Director. Arrie was Commercial Director, and from day one he led by example, instilling commercial discipline in his team and in our extensive Distributor Network. Arrie was singularly responsible for delivering an unbudgeted price increase in the very competitive European market that contributed to $2 million in net profits. Based on our close collaboration and my sincere admiration of his numerous contributions, I strongly endorse Arrie ten Caat for a senior executive commercial position in the chemicals industry.

I have known Arrie ten Caat for more than 10 years. Arrie is a high performing, relentless commercial professional. Arrie’s pragmatic approach and knowledge of the coatings, inks, plastics, and general industrial pigment markets has served him well in multiple commercial assignments. As manager of a $150MM business, I worked closely with Mr. ten Caat on a variety of pricing, supply, and quality issues. Each experience was an opportunity to learn about the European market, to develop a proactive solution, and to profitably grow the business I managed. During Mr. ten Caat’s tenure with Engelhard he was tasked to be part of a three person committee that replaced our European Managing Director. Arrie was Commercial Director, and from day one he led by example, instilling commercial discipline in his team and in our extensive Distributor Network. Arrie was singularly responsible for delivering an unbudgeted price increase in the very competitive European market that contributed to $2 million in net profits. Based on our close collaboration and my sincere admiration of his numerous contributions, I strongly endorse Arrie ten Caat for a senior executive commercial position in the chemicals industry.