Srini Godavarthy

Srini Godavarthy is the Vice President of Strategic Planning, Portfolio Management & Finance at PTT GC. Srini’s team oversees the development of business strategy and the execution of strategic and operational initiatives including acquisitions and integration.  Additionally, his team closely partners with both Corporate Strategy and Long-Term Innovation teams to progress GC’s Sustainability, Decarbonization and Venture Capital efforts.

Prior to joining PTT GC, Srini was the Global Business Director at W.R. Grace, where he had commercial responsibility for specialty silica and alumina-based products. He was also the Global Business Director at Albemarle Chemicals where he led their Lithium Specialties and Downstream Chemicals. Srini started his career at Huntsman International as an Engineer and over the course of 10 years moved from an individual contributor to business leadership in Operations, Asset Management, Sales & Marketing.

Srini serves as a board observer on several portfolio companies held by PTT GC including allnex and Vencorex which are part of GC’s coatings resin platform, as well as Emery Oleochemicals and Nature Works which are part of GC’s Green/ Bio-degradable chemicals platform. He holds an MBA in Finance and Business Strategy from Colorado State University, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University, and a B.E. in Chemical Engineering from Anna University, India.