Our Team

Shana has been with Ingevity for more than five years. She has over 20 years of business development experience and obtained a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Illinois with a master's degree in management from Washington University, St. Louis.

Jim has nearly 30 years of experience in the lubricants market, 25 of which were with Total Specialties USA. He has a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and education from West Chester University.

Scott is a principal applications chemist at Ingevity who brings over two decades of experience in industrial chemicals, including nearly 12 years in MWF as a product development engineer, formulator and technical manager. He holds a Master's of Engineering in chemical engineering from the University of Cincinnati.

James has been with Ingevity for more than 13 years serving various roles on the Oilfield commercial team. Recently adding Lubricants products to his portfolio, James will leverage his experience with our oil and gas customers to draw out unique opportunities with current and potential lubricant customers. James is a Charleston native who graduated from The College of Charleston with a degree in biology.

As business analyst, Kim provides customer solutions to Ingevity's lubricants team. She assists in the commercialization of new products, global pricing and acts as an active business liaison between supply chain, technical and operations. Prior to this role, Kim was a senior global account representative for our performance materials business, and has held various analyst and project manager roles in the past.

Devin is a chemist on the oilfield lubricants technologies innovation team and helps with the business' R&D efforts. He has been with Ingevity since January 2019. Devin has his PhD in chemistry, a master's degree in chemical research and a bachelor's degree in chemistry.

Chris is responsible for identifying and fostering new markets and customers for Ingevity’s Industrial Specialties products. With over 20 years of experience in the chemical industry, Chris will lead market research and R&D projects in an effort to bring novel extreme pressure additives and thickeners to the grease market.

Caitlin helps with marketing and communications for the industrial specialties group. She has spent the last six years working as an account executive at a Charleston-based marketing agency. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in public relations.

Since 2016, Nadine has been a customer service representative for the lubricants and oilfield team. Prior to Ingevity, she worked in similar positions for more than 10 years, mainly for the automotive and the paper industry.

Trezy has worked for Ingevity for more than eight years mainly focusing on Asia-Pacific oilfield sales. She transferred to the Lubricants team to lead China's metalworking fluid sales. Trezy is currently completing her Master of Business Administration degree.

Yin joined Ingevity in October 2018, and is instrumental in setting up the new Shanghai lab. Prior to working at Ingevity, Yin was a chemist at BASF for four years after receiving his master’s degree from Shanghai Donghua University.

Maggie joined in Ingevity in 2018 and provides customer service solutions to oilfield, lubricants and industrial specialties customers. She has more than 10 years experience of import and export, and a bachelor’s degree in international trade.

James has worked for Ingevity for the last three years and is responsible for sales and business development for industrial specialties. James has also spent time at 3M and Dow Corning.

Pia has been with Ingevity for more than four years. Her roles are ASEAN Oceania sales and business development manager. Pia has a Bachelor of Science in industrial chemistry from King Mongkut Institute Technology of Ladkrabang. Before Ingevity, she previously worked for Dupont, Dow Corning and Momentive.

Ellen joined Ingevity since April 2015 as sales and business development manager for Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. Previously Ellen had more than 15 years working experiences dealing with various application in chemical industries.

Caio joined Ingevity in 2019 and handles South American sales for the lubricants and oilfield business. Caio has a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Unesp and a master's degree in marketing from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Before joining Ingevity, Caio worked in biocides business unit at Lanxess.

Marcos has been with Ingevity for more than eight years serving South American customers. With a bachelor's degree in international relations and a master’s degree in business administration, he has more than 15 years of international logistics experience.

Risa has been with Ingevity for more than eight years and is a local specialist in Japan for customer service and logistics. She has five years of customer service and sales experience a from other global companies.