Christopher J. Harris

Christopher J. Harris was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., in July 2014. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operations Officer and Vice President – Integrated Supply Chain and Research and Engineering from April 2012 to July 2014. Mr. Harris joined CDTI as Chief Operations Officer in October 2010, following the business combination of CDTI and Catalytic Solutions, Inc. He served as President of Catalytic Solutions, Inc.’s Catalyst Business from August 2008 to October 2010. Mr. Harris has over 25 years of technical, commercial and general management experience in both privately held and publicly traded specialty chemicals and materials companies. From May 2007 to August 2008, Mr. Harris served as Chief Operating Officer of Aculon, Inc., an early-stage nanotechnology company, and prior to that, he was Global Vice President/General Manager of Avery Dennison Corporation’s (NYSE:AVY) Performance Polymers business. Earlier in his career, Mr. Harris held various management positions in North America and Europe during 11 years with Rohm and Haas Company, acquired by The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) in 2009. Mr. Harris earned his B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University and completed graduate business coursework at Temple University.