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Mr. Woelfel joins Cereplast after a very successful career in the chemical industry which culminated with the presidency at Basell International and Basell North America. Woelfel began his career at Shell Oil working in a variety of roles across the oil products and petrochemicals businesses. Woelfel was instrumental in the formation of Montell in 1995 which through mergers evolved into present-day LyondellBasell the world�s leading producer of polyolefin plastics such as polypropylene and polyethylene.
Woelfel held a succession of management positions within Shell and Basell during his 29-year tenure and led Basell�s dynamic growth internationally into the largest polypropylene manufacturer in the world. Most recently Woelfel served as a managing director for the energy-related practice at the Houston Technology Center Texas� largest business incubator. Woelfel holds a B.S. in chemical engineering from Rice University and Masters in management from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. | 