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Paul Drechsler CBE
President

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Harry Swan
Chair, Board of Trustees

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Sharon Todd
Chief Executive Officer

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We are SCI: Where Science Meets Business

History

The story of SCI begins in 1881

When a prominent group of forward-thinking scientists, inventors and entrepreneurs founded The Society of Chemical Industry. Our founding members went on to set up major businesses, producing many of the daily products we recognise today...

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