Martin C. Laycock has been Senior Director Manufacturing since Aug 2018. Based in Nanjing, Laycock leads Celanese manufacturing in China. Celanese has been a long-time participant in the Asia region with established manufacturing, commercial and technology operations. The emerging Asia region continues to be a critical area for accelerated growth and global expansion for Celanese.
Laycock joined Celanese in 2003 as the European Process Development Leader and assumed the responsibility for the development of our Emulsion productions in Europe. He has extensive Chemical manufacturing leadership experience and has supported the company’s growth efforts in several projects in the Asia region.
Prior to joining Celanese, Laycock has held technical and manufacturing leadership roles for ICI. He began his career at Unilever Chemicals after earning a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Exeter.