MRC Global Inc. has announced today that Robert “Bob” L. Wood has joined MRC Global’s Board of Directors (BOD). Mr. Wood brings 30 years of global chemical industry experience and insight as well as more than 25 years of public company board experience to MRC Global.
Mr. Wood spent 26 years in a variety of sales, marketing and management roles within the Dow Chemical organization and ultimately became the Business Group President of the Thermosets and Dow Automotive Group. This $5.5 billion business portfolio included Polyurethanes, Propylene Oxide/Propylene Glycol, Polyurethanes Systems Houses, Epoxy Products and Intermediates as well as Dow Automotive. In this role, Mr. Wood was named to Dow’s Corporate Operating Board, which was charged with setting corporate strategy and establishing corporate policies. Prior to that, Mr. Wood was the Global Vice President of Polyurethanes and Global Vice President of Engineered Plastics.
Mr. Wood is a director of Praxair, the largest industrial gas distribution company in North and South America, and the Jarden Corporation, a global consumer products company with a diverse portfolio of over 120 market-leading brands.