Leading through Disruption: A Changemakers Guide to Twenty-First Century Leadership

About Andrew Liveris

Andrew Liveris AO is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company and former Executive Chairman of DowDuPont. A recognized global business leader with more than 42 years at Dow and experience in manufacturing engineering sales marketing and business and general management. Liveris advocates the criticality of manufacturing worldwide. He is the author of Make It in America: The Case for Reinventing the Economy (Wiley 2011) and was tapped by the Trump Administration to help identify new ways to spur innovation revitalize the US manufacturing sector and drive economic growth and prosperity as chair of the manufacturing council and a member of the apprenticeship of the future task force. Previously he served as co-chair of President Obama's Advanced Manufacturing Partnership steering committee where he worked closely with President-elect Joe Biden and as a member of the U President's Export Council. Andrew was the Special Advisor to the Australian National COVID-19 Co-ordination Commission. He is the Co-Chair of the Territory Economic Reconstruction Commission advising on how to accelerate the Territory's economic rebound and growth. He is an Independent Member of the Australian government's Industry Growth Centres Advisory Committee providing advice on the Industry Growth Centres initiative. Andrew is a Director at IBM Saudi Aramco Worley (Deputy Chairman) Lucid Motors (Chairman) NOVONIX and the Minderoo Foundation. He is on the advisory board of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Teneo (a global CEO consulting and advisory firm) and NEOM (an initiative driven by Saudi Vision 2030). He is Chairman of the BlackRock Long Term Private Capital Fund and a Special Advisor to the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Andrew serves as a Trustee for the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and is a member of the Concordia Leadership Council. In 2018 the Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership was established at the University of Queensland for students to garner a real-life understanding of global challenges and how to create positive change for society.