Michael Stubblefield is President and CEO of Avantor, a leading provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education, government and advanced technologies & applied materials industries. Mr. Stubblefield has held the position of President and CEO since 2014 and was appointed to Avantor’s Board of Directors in 2017. Under his leadership, Avantor acquired VWR Corp. in 2017 for an enterprise value of $6.5 billion and in 2019, the combined company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Today, Avantor is a Fortune 500 company, with more than 14,500 associates in 180 countries.

Prior to joining Avantor, Mr. Stubblefield served as a Senior Expert for Chemicals Practice of McKinsey & Company from 2013 to 2014. Previously, Mr. Stubblefield held a variety of roles at Celanese Corporation from 1994 to 2012, including Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Engineered Materials and Chief Marketing Officer.

Mr. Stubblefield earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Utah, as well as an MBA from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.