George Hamilton President Dow Coating Solutions

George R. Hamilton, President, Dow Coating Solutions is responsible for the business unit’s profit and loss, global business strategy and organizational health. He also leads the Dow Coatings Leadership Team.

Hamilton joined The Dow Chemical Company in 1977 as a seller of plastics to the automotive industry and has held a variety of positions in sales, marketing, application development and business operations during his 31 years with the company. Prior to joining Dow Coating Solutions in 2007, Hamilton served as President of Dow Automotive.

Hamilton is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), The Executive Leadership Council and is an Honorary Committee Member of International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies (FISITA). He also serves on the Boards of Original Equipment Suppliers Association, College for Creative Studies in Detroit, National Paint and Coatings Association in Washington, D.C., and the Visitor’s Board for North Carolina Central University’s School of Business. He also serves on Dow’s Retirement Board.

Hamilton has been recognized for his contributions by the YMCA Minority Achiever Awards, Crain’s Detroit Minority All-Star Award and Crain’s Annual Who’s Who In Detroit in 2005. He was also named to Black Enterprise Magazine’s 75 Most Powerful African Americans in Corporate America list in 2005.

Hamilton and his wife Jill reside in Rochester, Michigan and have three children. He enjoys mentoring youth, motivational speaking, cars, golf, professional basketball, college football and skiing. He holds a B.S. in business administration from North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C., an Executive MBS from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and is a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

March 2008