CMAI Welcomes New Chief Economist

HOUSTON, Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) is pleased to announce that Tim Hopper, Ph.D. will be joining CMAI as Chief Economist and Economic Business Director in CMAI's Houston office.  Maintaining an experienced economist with CMAI's broad range of market consultants underscores CMAI's continued commitment to premier market analysis for the chemical and related end use markets.  Tim will also support Purvin & Gertz, Inc, CMAI's strategic alliance partner, regarding the economy and energy interface.  Clients to CMAI's services are familiar with CMAI's retiring Chief Economist, Arved Teleki, who has fulfilled this role for the past 13 years.  Tim will work closely with Arved to build upon the reputation and legacy that he has developed.

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Tim Hopper joins CMAI with considerable industry experience.  He developed and managed several research departments as well as successfully operated several forecasting programs designed to forecast global economic growth, currency and interest rate movements and energy prices.  Most recently, Tim had responsibility for U.S. Economics and Strategy for the Americas at HSH Nordbank.  During his tenure, he revamped the global energy practice at the bank, one of the largest banks and energy lenders in Europe.  Tim has also spent nearly a dozen years with the Federal Reserve Bank covering energy and finance markets.  Tim holds a Bachelors, Masters and PhD in Economics.

Rick Cornelius, Executive Vice-President of CMAI's Planning Advisory Group, states, "We trust that Tim will not only extend CMAI's legacy of providing in-depth short term and long term economic analysis to support insightful chemical, plastics and fiber analysis but will also prove to be an asset to CMAI's clients by advising as to the impact of economic events and trends on future chemical and related businesses.  Tim's expertise will also be leveraged to enhance the current suite of economic analysis tools as CMAI continues to evolve its global demand forecasting models."

CMAI is the premier provider of Market, Planning and Business Advisory services offering a unique combination of consulting analytics and expertise for the global chemical, plastics, fibers and chlor-alkali industries. With offices in Houston, New York, London, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Singapore and Shanghai, CMAI has provided expert business advisory services to a broad base of companies across multiple value chains and geographies since 1979.  Clients to CMAI services include chemical and oil companies, technology & EPC companies, law firms, banking and financial institutions, plastic converters, textile & apparel manufacturers, brand-owners, grocers/retailers, government agencies and trading companies. 

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SOURCE Chemical Market Associates, Inc.

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