Skya Kruithof

Skya Kruithof is president of Dow Canada and hydrocarbons business director. As president of Dow Canada, Skya is responsible for leading Dow’s operations across Canada, with a focus on identifying and accelerating new opportunities, including ensuring the successful progress of Dow’s investment in the world’s first net-zero Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions cracker complex in Fort Saskatchewan. He is also responsible for engaging with customers, joint venture partners, industry associations and policymakers in Canada.

Skya joined Dow in 2002 after earning a bachelor’s degree in applied science in chemical engineering from the University of British Columbia. His Dow career began at the Prentiss Site in Central Alberta, where he developed process control strategies for UNIPOL polyethylene plants. He transitioned in 2007 to Calgary, holding business development and asset management roles in Feedstocks and Olefins, and earning a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Calgary. In 2014, he relocated to Houston, Texas, where he traded natural gas liquids for four years before being named director, USGC feedstock commercial operations. In 2021, Skya was named global business director of commodity risk management and upstream development, where he led Dow’s global commodity trading organization and investments in oil and gas production.