• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Paul Augustowski

LyondellBasell

Senior Vice President of Olefins and Polyolefins, Americas

Paul Augustowski is senior vice president of Olefins and Polyolefins, Americas for LyondellBasell. He is responsible for leading this business segment which produces and markets ethylene, propylene, co-products and derivatives, including polyethylene and polypropylene. LyondellBasell is one of the world’s leading producers of olefin and polyolefin products. Prior to this position, he was vice president of Polymer Sales, Americas at LyondellBasell and has previously held several managerial and technical positions at the company within the Olefins and Polyolefins business segment. Augustowski has worked in the chemical and plastics industry for more than 30 years, including assignments in Japan and Poland. In Poland, he served as President and CEO of the company’s joint venture Basell Orlen Polyolefins. He started his career at LyondellBasell as a technical manager in 1990 at Himont USA, Inc., one of the legacy operations now part of LyondellBasell. Augustowski is a member of the Board of Directors for Indelpro, the company’s polypropylene joint venture in Mexico. He is an officer of the Board of Directors for the Plastics Industry Association and is the chairman of the American Chemistry Council’s Plastics Division Operating Committee. Augustowski earned his Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

Sessions With Paul Augustowski

Monday, 11 March

  • 07:30pm - 09:00pm (CST) / -

    Plastics Sustainability: Meeting the challenge
    Panel Oil Climate/Environment/Sustainability

    Plastics sustainability is one of the top priorities and a potential disruptor for the chemical industry. Much work remains to develop sustainable business models and behavioral models to address this systemic issue with transformation of the linear approach to plastics into a circular infrastructure. The trend among plastics producers is toward a focus on waste management for societal and business benefit. How will this develop? This session will discuss the drivers and actions to ensure sustainability from a policy perspective, who should take responsibility across the value chain, and how technology and infrastructure development affect the outcome.