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Ashish K. Khandpur, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director of Avient since 2023, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Avient since 2023 and as Chairman of the Board since 2025. Prior to serving in these current roles, Dr. Khandpur served as Group President of the Transportation & Electronics business group for 3M Company (3M), a global manufacturing and technology company, from April 2021 to November 2023. During his 25-year career with 3M, Dr. Khandpur held a series of roles with increasing responsibility, including Executive Vice President, Transportation & Electronics business group (April 2018 - April 2021), Promotion Vice President, Electronics & Energy business group (July 2017 - March 2019), and Senior Vice President, Research & Development and Chief Technology Officer (July 2016 - June 2017), among other roles. Current Public Company Directorships: Constellation Energy Corporation. Former Directorships: 3M India. Current Non-Public Company Directorships: Greater Cleveland Partnership. Current University Directorships: Dean's Advisory Board, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota. Former University Directorships: St. Thomas University.

Woon Keat Moh: Senior Vice President and President of Color, Additives and Inks, July 2024 to date. Senior Vice President and President of Color, Additives and Inks - Americas and Asia, April 2020 to July 2024. Senior Vice President and President of Color, Additives and Inks, January 2020 to March 2020. Vice President of Asia, January 2019 to December 2019. General Manager of Specialty Engineered Materials Asia, December 2014 to December 2018. Sales Director of Color and Additives Asia, February 2011 to November 2014. Business Development Manager, Color and Additives Asia, February 2010 to January 2011. From October 1999 to January 2010, Mr. Moh worked for Clariant AG (a global manufacturer of color and additives masterbatch) in various roles of increasing responsibility, culminating in a commercial leadership role in Southeast Asia. He also served as a technical sales executive for Bayer AG (a manufacturer of pigments, dyestuffs, additives, chemical auxiliaries for textile, leather, paper and plastic industry) with its Specialty Products division from 1997 to 1999.

David Schneider: Senior Vice President and President of Specialty Engineered Materials, September 2025 to date. Vice President, Electronics Materials Solutions Division, 3M from February 2022 to September 2025. Over his nearly 33-year career at 3M, Mr. Schneider held roles of increasing responsibility, including Vice President, Automotive Aftermarket Division, from April 2018 to February 2022; Integration and Global Business Director, Separation and Purification Sciences Division, from March 2015 to April 2018, among other roles beginning in 1993.

Richard H. Fearon, Lead Director of Avient since 2004, previously served as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board from 2023 to 2025 and as Lead Director of the Board from 2015 to 2023. Mr. Fearon is Retired Chief Financial and Planning Officer of Eaton plc (Eaton), a global manufacturing company. Mr. Fearon served as Chief Financial and Planning Officer of Eaton from 2002, and as Vice Chairman from 2009 until his retirement in 2021. In his position at Eaton, Mr. Fearon was responsible for the accounting, control, corporate development, information systems, internal audit, investor relations, strategic planning, tax and treasury functions of Eaton. Prior to Eaton, Mr. Fearon worked at several large diversified companies, including Transamerica Corporation, NatSteel Limited and The Walt Disney Company. Current Public Company Directorships: Waters Corporation, Crown Holdings, Inc., CRH plc. Former Directorships: Eaton plc, Southern Allied bhd, Centurion Industries Ltd, Homestray Capital Investment Corp. VI.

William R. Jellison, Independent Director of Avient since 2015, is former Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Stryker Corporation (Stryker), one of the world's leading medical technology (MedTech) companies. Since 2017, Mr. Jellison has served as Senior Advisor for Adler Place Holdings, the Private Equity arm of Select Liguitas, and consults with other private equity and investment management firms in the MedTech industry. Previously, Mr. Jellison served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Stryker from 2013 to 2019. Prior to joining Stryker, Mr. Jellison served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dentsply International (Dentsply), the world's largest manufacturer of professional dental products, from 1999 to 2013, except for a roughly two-year period of time between 2003 and 2005 when he was a Senior Vice President with full P&L responsibilities for some of Dentsply's operating divisions located in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Mr. Jellison began his career with the Donnelly Corporation, a publicly traded international automotive parts supplier, where he served in several senior leadership roles, advancing to Vice President of Finance. Current Public Company Directorships: Avita Therapeutics, Inc., Medtranc plc. Current Non-Public Company Directorships: Selenla Holding Limited, Young Innovations, Inc. Former Directorships: PracticeWorks, Inc., Mastleo Corporation.

Kerry J. Preete, Independent Director of Avient since 2013, is Retired Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer for Monsanto Company (Monsanto), a leading global provider of technology-based solutions and agricultural products that improve farm productivity and food quality. Mr. Preete served in this capacity from 2010 until his retirement in 2018. Mr. Preete also previously served as Monsanto's President, Global Crop Protection Division from 2009 to 2010 and Vice President, International Commercial Business from 2006 to 2009. From 1985 to 2006, Mr. Preete served in various roles of increasing responsibility at Monsanto. Current Public Company Directorships: Corteva, Inc. Former Directorships: Unisat Solutions Inc.

Neil Green, Independent Director of Avient since 2021, is Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer at Otis Worldwide Corporation (Otis), a leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and service company, since 2020. From 2018 to 2020, Mr. Green served as Otis' Vice President, Transformation and Chief Digital Officer. Prior to joining Otis, Mr. Green served as Vice President, Data Center Group at Intel Corporation, a semiconductor company, and as President, INTEL Federal LLC, a subsidiary of Intel Corporation, from 2015 to 2018, and previously in various other roles of increasing responsibility at Intel Corporation.

Ernest Nicolas, Independent Director of Avient since 2021, has served as Chief Prototyping Operations Officer at HP Inc. (HP), a technology company with a product and services portfolio of personal systems, printers, and 3D printing solutions, since 2021. From 2020 to 2021, Mr. Nicolas served as Chief Supply Chain Officer at HP. From 2019 to 2020, Mr. Nicolas served as Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer at Rockwell Automation, Inc. (Rockwell Automation), a global leader in industrial automation and digital transformation. From 2018 to 2019, he served as Senior Vice President, Operations and Engineering Services at Rockwell Automation. From 2015 to 2018, he served as Vice President, Global Supply Chain, and from 2015 to 2018, he served as Vice President, Strategic Sourcing and Supply Management at Rockwell Automation. He joined Rockwell Automation in 2006 and has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility since that time. Prior to joining Rockwell Automation, Mr. Nicolas began his career at General Motors Company.

Sandra Beach Lin, Independent Director of Avient since 2013, is Retired President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Calisolar, Inc. (now Silicon Materials Inc.), a solar silicon company. Ms. Lin served in this capacity from 2010 until her retirement in 2011. Previously, she served as Executive Vice President, then Corporate Executive Vice President, at Celanese Corporation (Celanese), a global hybrid chemical company, from 2007 to 2010. Prior to Celanese, Ms. Lin held global senior executive positions at Avery Dennison Corporation, Alcoa Inc. and Honeywell International Inc. Current Public Company Directorships: American Electric Power Company, Inc., Toroian PLC. Current Non-Public Company Directorships: Hippic Therapeutics. Former Directorships: WESCO International, Inc.

Patricia Verduin, Ph.D., Independent Director of Avient since 2019, is Retired Chief Technology Officer for Colgate-Palmolive Company (Colgate-Palmolive), a leading consumer products manufacturer. Dr. Verduin served in this capacity from 2011 until her retirement in 2027. Dr. Verduin was Colgate-Palmolive's Vice President, Research and Development from 2007 to 2011. Prior to joining Colgate-Palmolive, Dr. Verduin served as Senior Vice President and Chief Science Officer, Grocery Manufacturers Association from 2006 to 2007, as Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Grocery Products Development from 2002 to 2006, and as Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Grocery Products Development from 2000 to 2002 at ConAgra Foods, Inc. (now Conagra Brands, Inc.). Current Public Company Directorships: FMC Corporation, Ingredion Incorporated, Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC. Former Directorships: Monsanto.

William A. Wulfsohn, Independent Director of Avient since 2011, is Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ashland Global Holdings Inc., a global leader in providing specialty chemical solutions to customers in a wide range of customer and industrial markets. Mr. Wulfsohn served in this capacity from 2015 until 2019. He was also a Director and Non-Executive Chairman of Valvoline Inc., a leading worldwide producer and distributor of premium-branded automotive, commercial and industrial lubricants and automotive chemicals, from 2015 until 2018. From 2010 until 2014, Mr. Wulfsohn was President and Chief Executive Officer of Carpenter Technology Corporation (Carpenter), a manufacturer of stainless steel, titanium and other specialty metals and engineered products, and was a director of Carpenter from 2009 until 2014. Current Public Company Directorships: Miedion Manufacturing Company. Current Non-Public Company Directorships: DuBois Chemical. Former Directorships: Ancey Special Acquisition Corp I, Ashland Global Holdings Inc., Carpenter Technology Corporation, Valvoline Inc.

On April 24, 2026, the Company's Board of Directors appointed Giuseppe (Joe) Di Salvo, age 48, as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, effective as of June 1, 2026. Mr. Di Salvo will serve as the Company's principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. Mr. Di Salvo served as Avient's Corporate Controller from 2013 to 2018 when he became Vice President, Investor Relations. In 2019, his responsibility was expanded to lead Treasury and Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to these roles, he held financial positions of increasing responsibility at Avient. He started his career with Deloitte & Touche LLP in 2001.

Nello Rizzo: Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain, January 2026 to date. Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Momentive Performance Materials (a plastic fabrication company) (Momentive) from November 2014 to December 2025, and Vice President of Supply Chain Global Operations from 2012 to 2014. Prior to Momentive, Mr. Rizzo held operations roles at PPG Industries, 3M, ThyssenKrupp, and ENEL SpA.

Amy M. Sanders: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, April 2024 to date. Senior Vice President and Deputy Chief Legal Officer, Global Operations, Eaton Corporation (a power management company) from October 2023 to April 2024. Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Business Counsel, 3M from February 2022 to October 2023. Over her 20-year career at 3M, Ms. Sanders held roles of increasing responsibility within the legal department, including Vice President and General Counsel, Transportation and Electronics Business Group, from July 2017 to February 2022; Assistant General Counsel, from March 2016 to July 2017, among other roles from November 2002 to March 2016.

Kristen A. Gajewski: Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, February 2023 to date. Global HR Director, Talent Management and Corporate Functions, September 2022 to January 2023. Global HR Director, Color, Additives and Inks, February 2017 to August 2022, including an international assignment from December 2017 to September 2019 with additional responsibility for the EMEA and India region. Global Training and Organizational Development Director from January 2016 to January 2017. Training and Organizational Development Senior Manager from March 2015 to December 2015. Training and Organizational Development Manager from July 2013 to February 2015. Prior to joining Avient, Ms. Gajewski held HR roles of increasing responsibility at AkzoNobel Decorative Coatings (a business unit of AkzoNobel specializing in manufacturing paints and coatings) from May 2009 to June 2013.

Philip G. Clark, Jr., Ph.D.: Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, November 2024 to date. Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Nouryon (global specialty chemicals organization) from December 2022 to October 2024. Vice President for Research and Development in the Automotive and Aerospace Solutions division at 3M from August 2019 to December 2022. Throughout his 17-year tenure at 3M, Dr. Clark advanced through various positions including Technical Director, Corporate Research Process Laboratory, from March 2017 to July 2019; Laboratory Manager, Corporate Research Materials Laboratory, from March 2016 to February 2017; Laboratory Manager (Korea), from March 2015 to March 2016; Laboratory Manager, Electronics Materials Solutions division, from September 2010 to March 2015; Technical Manager, Electronics Markets Materials division, from April 2007 to August 2010; and Advanced Product Development Specialist, Electronics Markets Materials division from July 2005 to March 2007.

Michael J. Irwin: Senior Vice President, New Business Development & Marketing Excellence, October 2024 to date. Vice President, Abrasive Systems Division at 3M from October 2018 to October 2024. During his 22-year career at 3M, Mr. Irwin progressed through a series of roles, including U.S. Vice President, Abrasive Systems division, from June 2018 to October 2018; U.S. Business Director, from March 2017 to May 2018; Regional Business Leader, Precision Grinding & Finishing, from January 2016 to March 2017; Global Business Leader, from February 2014 to December 2015; Global Business manager, from September 2012 to February 2014; Global Market Development Manager, from February 2011 to August 2012; Global Marketing Manager, from July 2010 to January 2011; Marketing Supervisor, from December 2008 to June 2010; and other positions beginning in November 2002 including Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.