ICIS Consulting Expands its Global Team with David C. Anderson Joining its Americas Division

LONDON, October 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

ICIS Consulting, a provider of specialist consulting services for the global chemical, energy and fertilizer markets and part of the ICIS global organization, is pleased to announce that David C. Anderson has joined their Americas team as a Senior Consultant based in Houston, Texas.  David will lead a team specialising in consulting for polymers and olefins, drawing on his experience in polyolefin marketing and petrochemical business development.

David joins ICIS Consulting having held a previous position with Townsend Solutions as Business Director - Global Consulting.  In addition to leading Townsend Solutions' polyolefins market research and consulting practice from 2009 - 2013, David has 24 years industry operating experience with large-scale resin producers and a major converter. His experience includes five years with Atofina Petrochemicals (now Total Petrochemical USA); Koch Chemical; and ExxonMobil Chemicals. Previously, he spent nine years in application-oriented polyolefin R&D with the Cryovac Division of W. R. Grace & Co. David holds MS (Food Science & Technology) and BS (Microbiology) degrees from LSU at Baton Rouge, LA.

Paul Ray, Head of Consulting and Analytics for ICIS, says, "We are very excited about David joining the ICIS organization as we feel it will further strengthen our capabilities in meeting the needs of our ICIS customers.  ICIS has built and continues to develop a talented and seasoned global consulting team."

The addition of David to the ICIS Consulting team in the Americas brings a further level of expertise in olefins, polymers and derivative applications, extending the consulting capability from wellhead through refining, olefins, polymers and derivatives.

For more information about ICIS Consulting, please visit http://www.icis.com/consulting

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About ICIS

ICIS is the world's largest petrochemical market information provider and has fast-growing energy and fertilizer divisions. Our aim is to give companies in global commodities markets a competitive advantage by delivering trusted pricing data, high-value news, analysis and independent consulting, enabling our customers to make better-informed trading and planning decisions. We have more than 30 years' experience in providing pricing information, news, analysis and consulting to buyers, sellers and analysts.

With a global staff of more than 800, ICIS has employees based in Houston, Washington, New York, London, Montpellier, Dusseldorf, Karlsruhe, Milan, Mumbai, Singapore, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Yantai, Tokyo and Perth.

ICIS Consulting is part of the ICIS global organization, with experts around the world.  We work in partnership with senior management teams in the world's leading chemical and energy organizations to advise on complex business challenges and identify and implement successful business strategies.

ICIS is a division of Reed Business Information, part of Reed Elsevier Plc.

For further information contact:
David C. Anderson
Senior Consultant, ICIS
Tel: +1-713-525-2630
Email: david.anderson@icis.com
Web site: http://www.icis.com