Cemal Drahor - DOW
Chairman of the Board
Regional Commercial Manager SE/CE Dow Coatings Materials & GM and Board Member of Rohm & Haas JV
Cemal Drahor is responsible for all commercial activities and driving Dow’s growth strategy in South, Central & Eastern Europe including Turkey. He is based in Istanbul. He reports to Nicolas Spilmann DCM Sales Director Europe & Greater Russia.
Drahor began his career in 1986 as an R&D engineer with Vestel. In 1990 he joined Akzo Nobel Kemipol in İzmir as Assistant to Sales & Marketing Manager. In 1993 he was appointed as Sales & Marketing Manager for Industrial Coatings including Automotive OEM.
In 2001, he assumed a role as General Manager for Akzo Nobel Industrial Coatings in Hungary and moved there.
In 2003, he was appointed as Business Manager for Automotive Plastic Coatings in Eastern Europe in addition to his General Manager position in Hungary.
In 2006 he was assigned as Commercial Vehicles OEM Manager, EMEA.
Between 2001 and 2010 he lived in Hungary.
In 2012, he joined DOW Coatings materials in İstanbul as being General Manager of Rohm & Haas JV and took the responsibilities of developing business in South Eastern Europe and Israel.
In 2016 he was was nominated as Board Member at Rohm & Hass JV and in December 2016 he was promoted as Regional Commercial Manager SE/CE Dow Coatings Materials.
Drahor holds a Bachelor's degree in Electronics & Communication Engineer from Istanbul Technical University.
He is married with 1 daughter.
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