Gary L. Kubera

President and Chief Executive Officer

Biography

Gary Kubera was appointed President of Nexen Chemicals (a division of Nexen, which became Canexus in August 2005) in March 2005. Mr. Kubera joined Nexen Chemicals in 2002, as the Director of Sales, and was subsequently appointed Vice President, Marketing and Business Development. Prior to his employment with Nexen Chemicals, Mr. Kubera worked in sales, marketing, business development, and regional and global general management for a number of chemicals-related enterprises; he was Vice President for Global Core Business of SC Johnson’s Polymer division from 2000 to 2001 and held a variety of positions with McWhorter Technologies Inc. Mr. Kubera also serves as a director on the Chlorine Chemistry Division of the American Chemistry Council and is the current Chairman of the Alliance for Environmental Technology. Mr. Kubera received his Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Ithaca College in 1982 and his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago in 1988, with a major in Finance.