Mark Coward is New Business Development Manager for Paints & Coatings at Clariant in the Industrial & Consumer Specialties Business Unit. He started with Clariant in 2018. He has been in the paint industry for over 25 years, holding positions in various R&D roles of increasing scope and responsibility. These titles include: Sr. Chemist, Group Leader Architectural Colorants, Technical Manager Architectural Colorants, and now Technical Leader for Paints & Coatings. He has worked in R&D Labs for a paint manufacturer (8 years at Porter Paint/PPG), a pigment concentrate producer (17 years at Color Corporation of America) and now a wetting and dispersing agent manufacturer (4 years at Clariant). He has developed many water-based and solvent-based paints and pigment dispersions in his career. He holds a Bachelor’s degree with double major of Chemistry and Environmental Studies from Indiana University. He enjoys helping to solve challenging paint issues by combining chemistry and innovative testing and experimentation.