Chief Executive at the Chemical Industries Association
Steve Elliott joined the Chemical Industries Association – the UK’s national association for chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers - in 1997, spending four and half years as Head, International Trade with additional responsibility for Sustainable Development. In April 2002, he was promoted to the position of Director, Trade & Competitiveness and subsequently Director, Business Environment. Steve was appointed Chief Executive of the CIA in February 2006.
Prior to his career with CIA, he spent fifteen years working with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), a UK/South African trade advisory body and Crown Agents as an international trade policy and promotion specialist, as well as in general consulting with the BPI Group.
Steve is currently a member of the COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards) Strategic Forum and he also chairs Building a Safer Future Ltd – an organisation charged with driving leadership and culture change in the construction industry’s response to the Grenfell tragedy. Steve sits on the Board of the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) (an employee relations think-tank), is a trustee of the chemical industry’s training body, CogentSkills, and chairs the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) Communications Network.
