Mark Porter is a partner at Bain & Company in the London office and leads Bain’s global chemicals practice (Email: mark.porter@bain.com). He joined Bain in 2000 and has worked with many leading chemical companies globally on topics including strategy, portfolio management, and major capital investments. Prior to Bain, he spent 11 years with ICI, working in commodity chemicals and specialty polymers. Porter has an ME from Imperial College London, and an MBA from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.