Nadim Z. Quershi

Partner

Prior to joining Quinpario, Nadim was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development-Emerging Markets & President of Photovoltaics for Solutia Inc., based in Shanghai, China. Nadim was responsible for identifying portfolio development and growth opportunities in emerging markets. He also had responsibility for global management of the photovoltaic business.

Before being named to this position in 2011, Nadim was Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development, responsible for strategic planning and development initiatives across Solutia’s business platforms. Prior to this role, he served as Vice President and General Manager of Nylon Resins and Industrial Fibers where he had profit/loss responsibility and led the businesses through a period of significant growth globally until the eventual sale of Solutia’s nylon division. The nylon resins and industrial fibers businesses accounted for half of the $2 billion nylon division.

Prior to joining Solutia in 2005, he was with CRA International and Arthur D. Little, focusing on strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, growth and performance improvement in the chemical and industrial sectors. Nadim’s clients included many of the largest chemical and industrial companies across the United States, Europe and Middle East. He started his career as a process engineer at Teknor Apex Company, a plastics compounder.

Nadim received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Macromolecular Science and Engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio; and a Masters in Business Administration from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.