Ian Hudson is Chairman of Carbios SA and Chairman of Axalta Coating Systems Germany GmbH & Co. KG. Mr. Hudson is also on the board of Arkema SA, Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, European Chemical Industry Council and Arkema Srl and Member of International Institute for Management Development.

Ian Hudson previously was Regional Director at DuPont Nonwovens, Inc., Chairman at DuPont de Nemours (Deutschland) GmbH, Chairman & President for DuPont de Nemours International SARL, Regional Director at Dupont Advanced Fiber Systems, Director-Global Business at DuPont Bio-Based Materials, Inc. and Director-European Business at Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.

He received a graduate degree from the University of Oxford.