Mr. Richard J. Diemer, Jr. served as the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of PolyOne Corporation from March 7, 2012 to November 6, 2013. Mr. Diemer has more than 30 years of experience in global business leadership, including financial management, operational finance, accounting, financial reporting, audit, corporate governance, investor relations and risk management. He served as Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Executive Vice President at Styron LLC. Mr. Diemer served as Principal Accounting Officer of Albemarle Corp. from January 1, 2006 to August 2010 and as its Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President from September 1, 2005 to August 2010. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Trinseo SA since September 2010 and also served as its Executive Vice President. Mr. Diemer served as Co-Chief Financial Officer of Albemarle Corp. He served as the Vice President - Equity Research of Honeywell International from March 2002 to December 2004. Mr. Diemer served as Corporate Controller of Honeywell International (and predecessor Allied-Signal Inc.) from 1997 to 1999, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell’s Specialty Materials business from 1999 to 2001, and senior portfolio manager equities for Honeywell Capital Management from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Diemer began his business career with KPMG in 1980 where he served until 1997. Over a 17-year career with KPMG, Mr. Diemer spent time in KPMG’s New Jersey practice, executive office and London office and served as both an audit and SEC reviewing partner. Mr. Diemer is a graduate of the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.