Marc Dumont holds a “Polymer Engineer” Diploma from Strasbourg University that he complemented by a Business Administration degree from Pau University. Since 1993 he has been working in field of Colors & Additives for plastics, starting in Ciba Specialty Chemicals that was finally acquired in 2009 by BASF. Since integration of Pigments business within BASF group, he got various responsibilities in pigments for plastics business, heading successively the global product management group and later the business management for EMEA. Since July 1st 2016, he is heading the Global Industry Management group for Plastics Industry within the newly formed “BASF Colors & Effects” company.