Boosting eco-friendly economy

Gulferaz Ali drives Eastman Chemical Company's efforts to help China produce safe consumer goods

Gulferaz Ali, vice-president and managing director for Asia-Pacific at Eastman Chemical Company, is intent on transforming the chemist stereotype. In Ali's world, there is more to chemists than just professionals in white lab coats working in isolation on obscure subjects.

These days, the role of chemists, and chemical companies such as Eastman, is ubiquitous, he said. More so in China, a humongous market that drives the global economy and hence is critical to all industries and multinational companies.