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Full Name: Jeffrey M. Lipton
Shortened Name: Jeff Lipton
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Bio Details: Jeff joined NOVA Corporation in 1994 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and assumed his current position as Chief Executive Officer of NOVA Chemicals July 1, 1998. Jeff serves as a Director of United States Steel Corporation, a director of Hercules Incorporated, a Director of the American Chemistry Council and a Director of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

Jeff is Past Chairman of the Board of the American Chemistry Council and Past Chairman of the Society of Chemical Industry, America Section.

Jeff worked with E.I. DuPont for almost three decades, prior to joining NOVA Chemicals. He graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree and obtained an MBA from Harvard University.

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Full Name: Larry A. MacDonald
Shortened Name: Larry MacDonald
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Bio Details: Larry joined Petrosar, a predecessor company of NOVA Corporation of Alberta, in 1979 as an internal auditor. He progressed through several financial, information technology, and merger and acquisition positions within NOVA Corporation and NOVA Corporation of Alberta before assuming the role of Senior Vice President, Manufacturing East for NOVA Chemicals in 1999. He assumed his current role in December 2001.

Larry is a member of the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Chemical Producers Association. He graduated from the University of Windsor with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a Chartered Accountant.

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Full Name: Jack S. Mustoe
Shortened Name: Jack Mustoe
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Bio Details: Jack joined NOVA Corporation of Alberta in 1988 as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and was named Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Environmental Officer of NOVA Corporation in 1994. In 1998, he was named Senior Vice President, Legal and General Counsel for NOVA Chemicals, and added the responsibility of Corporate Secretary to this role in 2004. In October 2006, he assumed his current role of Chief Legal Officer. Jack is also responsible for NOVA Chemicals' Investor Relations and Public and Government Affairs functions and is Chief Compliance Officer.

Prior to 1988, he served as Senior Legal Counsel for Dome Petroleum Ltd. and as Assistant General Counsel for Norcen Energy Resources Ltd. Jack is a director of Heritage Valley Health System. Jack graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Laws degree and is a member of the Ontario and Alberta Bars.

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Full Name: Dale H. Spiess
Shortened Name: Dale Spiess
Title: Senior Vice President, and President of Olefins/Polyolefins
Bio Details: Dale began his current role in November of 2001. He joined NOVA Chemicals as Senior Vice President, Polyethylene Sales and Marketing in 1998. Prior to this, Dale was Group Vice President with Millennium Petrochemicals Inc. and also held positions with Northern Petrochemicals, ARCO Chemical and Uniroyal Chemical.

Dale serves as a director of the Flexible Packaging Association. Dale has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Illinois Wesleyan University and is a graduate of the Executive Management Program at The University of Pennsylvania.

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Full Name: Christopher D. Pappas
Shortened Name: Chris Pappas
Title: President and Chief Operating Officer
Bio Details: Chris joined NOVA Chemicals as Senior Vice President, Styrenics in July of 2000, and assumed his current role in January 2008. Chris was President and Chief Executive Officer of Paint and Coatings.com prior to joining NOVA Chemicals. From 1996 until 1998, Chris led the ethylene elastomers business of DuPont Dow Elastomers, Inc. as Vice President, and was later named Commercial Vice President. He began his career with Dow Chemical in 1978, where he held a variety of sales and managerial positions through 1995.

Chris is a member of the Board of Directors of NOVA Chemicals, a board member of the Members Committee of INEOS NOVA, a board member of Allegheny Energy, Inc., a board member of the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and chairs the Communications Committee of the ACC. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees at Sewickley Academy.

Chris has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from The Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from The Wharton School of Business at The University of Pennsylvania.

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Full Name: John L. Wheeler
Shortened Name: John Wheeler
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Bio Details: John joined NOVA Chemicals in his current role in 1998. Prior to this, he held senior management positions in Information Technology at AT&T Co., Bristol-Myers Consumer Products, Viacom and PolyGram, and was Director of Information Systems for W.R. Grace Specialty Chemicals Company.

John graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science (Pre-Law) from Duke University.

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Full Name: A. Terence Poole
Shortened Name: Terry Poole
Title: Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development
Bio Details: Terry began his current role in 2000. Prior to this, he spent two years as Executive Vice President, Finance and Strategy for NOVA Chemicals. Since 1988, Terry has held several senior management roles within NOVA Corporation of Alberta and NOVA Corporation, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; Senior Vice President, Controller and Treasurer; and Vice President and Controller. Terry also serves on the board of Methanex Corporation.

Prior to 1988, Terry held senior financial and operating management positions in the John Labatt group of companies and with Phillips Cables. Terry graduated from Dalhousie University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a Chartered Accountant.

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