
	Nicholas C. Fanandakis is executive vice president and chief financial officer. He joined DuPont in 1979 as an accounting and business analyst in the Petrochemicals Department in Wilm., Del.

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	Over the next several years, Mr. Fanandakis served in a variety of plant, marketing, and product management positions within Petrochemicals, Chemicals and Pigments, and Specialty Chemicals.

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	He also spent about six years in the Fluorochemicals business. In 1993, he was appointed regional manager in Specialty Chemicals. In 1995, he was appointed business manager &ndash; Safety and Environmental Management Services. In January 1997, he was appointed to the position of global business and operations manager &ndash; Peroxygens.

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	In October 1999, Mr. Fanandakis was appointed to the position of business director - Industrials, with responsibility for the Industrial Solutions market space, which includes Acrylonitrile, Anchorage Systems, Aniline, Aramid Intermediates, Cyanides, Dimethyl Sulfate, Methylamines, Reactive Metals, Refinery, Secure Environmental Treatment, and DuPont&trade; Vazo&reg; Free Radical Initiators. He was named vice president and general manager - DuPont Chemical Solutions Enterprise in September 2003. In February 2007 he was named vice president &ndash; Corporate Plans. In January 2008 he was named group vice president &ndash; DuPont Applied BioSciences. He was named to his current position in November 2009.

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	Mr. Fanandakis was born in Boston, Mass. He obtained BA Accounting and MBA Business Administration degrees from Northeastern University (1979) and Grand Valley State College (1984).
