Curriculum Vitae

        Sandra Beach Lin
        Corporate Executive Vice President
        Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability



Sandra Beach Lin is a Corporate Executive Vice President for Celanese Corporation, a $6.8 billion leading, global chemical company based in Dallas, Texas. She joined Celanese in July 2007 from Avery Dennison Corporation where she was group vice president of Specialty Materials and Converting Worldwide, a $1.4 billion global business unit of Avery Dennison.

Sandra is responsible for driving global strategic leadership for the company’s activities related to corporate social responsibility and sustainability. As a Corporate Executive Vice President, Sandra serves as a member of the Celanese Office of the Chairman and is an integral leader in setting overall corporate strategy. Previously, she was responsible for Celanese's Advanced Engineered Materials and Consumer Specialties businesses, which had combined 2008 revenues of approximately $2.2 billion and products that hold leading positions in their key markets.

Before joining Avery Dennison, Sandra was the president of Alcoa Closure Systems International in Chicago, Ill. Prior to that assignment, she was president of Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems and vice president and general manager, Specialty Wax and Additives, both divisions of Honeywell International. She spent several years in Asia managing businesses in that region.

Sandra has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Toledo and an MBA from the University of Michigan.