STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT FOR RESEARCH & INNOVATION MANAGEMENT Ernesto Occhiello, SABIC EVP Technology & Innovation

MARCH 12th, 2014

No. 1

OUR JOURNEY TODAY

SABIC is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of chemicals, fertilizers, plastics and metals

2LARGESTCHEMICALCOMPANY

40THOUSANDEMPLOYEES

80GLOBALOPERATIONS

6STRATEGICBUSINESSUNITS

150NEW PRODUCTS EACH YEAR

90.12BILLION USD

TOTALASSETS

06.67BILLION USDNET PROFIT

50.39BILLION USDSALES REVENUE

No. 2

STRATEGY FOR RESEARCH & INNOVATION

STRATEGY

EXECUTION

COMPANY

DEFINE DESIRED COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

DEPLOY INNOVATION

RESEARCH

RESOURCING & TOOLING,

FIND A WAY OR MAKE IT(Hannibal, 218 BC)

(PEOPLE) TEND TO THINK WELL OF THE SECTIONS OF MANKIND TO WHICH THEY THEMSELVES DO NOT BELONG (B. Russell, 1950)

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Market Priority 1Market Priority 2Market Priority 3Market Priority 4

Feedstock Priority 1Feedstock Priority 2Feedstock Priority 3Feedstock Priority 4

Technology Priority 1 Technology Priority 2Technology Priority 3Technology Priority 4

Competitive Advantages

>30% OF FUTURE

GROWTH EBITDA

TO COME FROM

INNOVATION

Environmental

Economic Social

Environmental

Economic Social

Sustainability

Tech

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MARCHING ORDERS

No. 4

RESOURCING & TOOLING

TALENT AND METRICS

No. 5

FIND A WAY OR MAKE IT

FOCUS,

RELIABILITY,

TEAMWORK2010

2011

2012

2013

GROWTH AND

ACCELERATION

No. 6

DEPLOY

DEEDS RATHER THAN WORDS, COMMITTED TO MORE WITH LESS

No. 7

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