Board of Directors

NOVA Chemicals Corporation’s Board of Directors is responsible for: 

  1. Protecting the interests of the stakeholders
  2. Providing guidance to management
  3. Monitoring the effectiveness of management’s policies and decisions
  4. Overseeing the execution of the corporation’s strategy

Board Members

Ahmed Yahia Al Idrissi is NOVA Chemicals’ Chairman of the Board. He is Chief Executive Officer, Direct Investments at Mubadala Investment Company, with oversight of the energy, technology, life sciences, consumer, industrial and financial services portfolios.

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David Han serves as Chairman of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee.

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Faris Al Mazrui is a member of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

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Timothy Breen is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

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Danny Dweik is a member of the Board of Directors.

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Carol Eicher is a member of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee.

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Martin L. Edelman is a member of the Remuneration Committee.

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Roger Kearns is NOVA Chemicals President and CEO and a member of the Board of Directors.

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Maurizio La Noce is a member of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee.

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Committees of the Board

The Board has established two standing committees and delegated certain of its responsibilities to each of the Committees.  These are the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee and the Remuneration Committee.


Corporate Policies

NOVA Chemicals Corporation is committed to maintain a high standard of corporate governance.All directors, officers, employees and agents of NOVA Chemicals Corporation and its subsidiaries must act in accordance with our Business Conduct Policy – our Code of Conduct, a comprehensive set of expectations, obligations and responsibilities relating to ethical conduct, conflicts of interest and compliance with law. In addition, we have adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to our Chief Executive Officer and Senior Financial Officers, which establishes additional expectations, obligations and responsibilities for such officers.