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2024. 08. 18-20
ACS Fall 2024 Denver2024 POLY: CME NASA Symposium and Earth & Space Sustainability
Talks by PMSE Student & Mentor Awardees
![Carolyn Bertozzi](https://www.cme-stem.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2408-bertozzi-carolyn-1-112x112.jpg)
![Frances Arnold](https://www.cme-stem.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2408-arnold-frances--112x112.jpg)
![Martin Keller](https://www.cme-stem.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2408-keller-martin-2-1-112x112.jpg)
This event will be web hosted.
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Networking
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Webinar
Free
How can the future growth of chemicals businesses be enhanced? Given the headwinds of persistent inflation, weak economies, and an unfavorable outlook for several emerging markets, M&A is becoming an increasingly important management tool to capture growth opportunities.
Speaker’s Bio
Adam Abramson is a Managing Director and Head of Chemicals Banking, Americas at Barclays. He joined Barclays in 2019 following 18 years at Deutsche Bank, where he was most recently a Managing Director on the Chemicals team. He has completed over 90 M&A and capital markets transactions, representing over $100 billion in cumulative transaction value. Notable transactions that Mr. Abramson has advised on include the $2.1 billion acquisition of Ferro Corporation by Prince International and subsequent combination with Chromaflo Technologies to form Vibrantz Technologies, a portfolio company of American Securities, the sale of Aurora Plastics to Nautic Partners, the sale of Vantage Specialty Chemicals to H.I.G. Capital, the $4.6 billion sale of Solutia Inc to Eastman Chemical Company and Quaker Chemical’s $1.5 billion combination with Houghton International. Adam holds a B.S. in Finance from Tulane University.