Raj Gupta has been the chairman of APTIV plc since March 2015 (formerly Delphi Automotive plc). From 1999 - 2009, Raj was chairman and chief executive officer of Rohm and Haas. Raj held a variety of posts at the company beginning in 1971. He was elected a vice president of the company and was named director for the Pacific region in 1993. Early in 1996, Raj became one of six members of the Chairman's Committee and was given oversight responsibility for the company's electronic materials business group. In December 1998, Raj was elected to the board of directors and named vice chairman in January 1999. He became chairman and chief executive officer on October 1, 1999. Raj assumed the additional title of president in early 2005 and held that title until May 2008. Raj is a past chairman of the American Chemistry Council and the Society of Chemical Industry, America Section. He is the chairman of Avantor, Inc. He has also served on the boards of Dupont, Arconic (Howmet Aerospace Inc.), HP, IRI, The Vanguard Group, and Tyco International, amongst other companies, in the past. Raj holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (1967), an M.S. degree in operations research from Cornell University (1969), and an M.B.A. in finance from Drexel University (1972).