Richard Roudeix has been elected EPCA president at the OGM on 30 June 2023 and is President Ventures EMEAI at LyondellBasell.

Richard is currently responsible for LyondellBasell’s Olefins business for the Europe region and the president of LyondellBasell companies in France.

A significant proportion of his career has been in the polymers business. Roudeix held several leadership roles in France, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands and the USA, with business experience in Europe, North America and Asia at LyondellBasell and its predecessor companies Basell, Elenac, Montell and Shell. A French national, Roudeix graduated as a civil engineer from the prestigious École des Mines and completed a post-graduate programme at the French Petroleum Institute’s École nationale supérieure du pétrole et des moteurs.