Dow Appoints Zhu Chengyi as President of Greater China

March 16, 2023 - Dow Corporation (NYSE: DOW) announced today that Ms. Zhu Chengyi, Global Product Director of Dow Consumer Products Solutions, will officially serve as President of Dow Greater China effective April 1, 2023. Zhu Chengyi will be responsible for promoting Dow's strategic business growth in the Greater China region, strengthening market development, and improving the company's financial performance. She will report to Puay Koon Chia, President, Dow Asia Pacific.

Xie Peijun, President of Dow Asia Pacific, said: "China is Dow's largest international market outside the United States. Success in the Chinese market is crucial to our global business growth plan and sustainable development goals. The Asia-Pacific region has rich and in-depth experience, which will strongly support Dow to better serve the local market and promote close partnerships across the value chain."

Zhu Chengyi will continue to be based in Shanghai. At the same time, she will promote the improvement of the employee experience of more than 3,200 Dow employees in Greater China, and advocate a diverse and inclusive corporate culture.

Zhu Chengyi said: "Dow is continuing to drive the steady growth of its business in Greater China. I am very excited to take up this new role at a time like this. As a world-leading materials science company, Dow provides a full range of high-value solutions. , which is highly compatible with China's ongoing innovation-driven sustainable development. I am honored to lead the Dow Greater China team to continue to work hard to meet the unique needs of local customers and markets."

Since joining Dow in 2001, Zhu Chengyi has held various leadership and management positions in Greater China and Asia Pacific. Since 2020, she has served as Global Product Director for Dow's Consumer Products Solutions business unit, where she is responsible for driving the growth of the Engineered Materials and Elastomers business and responsible for the business profit and loss management. Prior to this, she served as Asia Pacific Product Director of Dow Elastomers Business Unit since 2017, responsible for the development of the elastomer business in the Asia Pacific region. From 2013 to 2017, she served as Commercial Director, Asia Pacific, Automotive Systems Business Unit, Dow Corporation. Prior to this, she also held multiple positions in marketing, product sales, and business development in several business departments of Dow.