Bio

Randy Harrison is a private investor and consultant to the Engineered Materials and Industrial Minerals sectors. With over 35 years of business experience in North America, Europe and Asia Randy specializes in advising clients on business strategy development and execution, marketing/sales approaches, manufacturing performance and optimization via Lean techniques, organizational transformation, due diligence and acquisition target selection. Previously, Randy was Senior Vice President of Specialty Minerals International (SMI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Minerals Technologies, Inc (MTI) and a member of the executive committee. SMI is a leading provider of mineral solutions to the paper and construction industry, second and third tier automotive suppliers and brand name consumer products. In addition to his business unit duties, Randy headed the MTI global Supply Chain organization, responsible for MTI’s raw material, energy and logistics expense. He also did a stint as the global head of Human Resources and served as the secretary of the executive compensation committee for the Board of Directors. Prior to joining MTI, Randy worked ten years for American Cyanamid, where he served in a number of marketing and sales management roles in the Industrial Chemicals Division.