Denise Dign

President, Chief Executive Officer & Director, Chemours

Search every verified Denise Dign interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Denise Dign, president and CEO of Chemours, stated on the company’s first-quarter 2026 earnings call that the company completed the sale of nearly all of its Quan Yin properties ahead of schedule and used the proceeds to pay down a portion of its near-term debt, which she said strengthened the balance sheet and enhanced financial flexibility. She said the company is focused on aggressively reducing leverage and making progress on reducing its exposure to legacy matters. Dign also noted that Chemours is monitoring the conflict in the Middle East and resulting volatility in energy markets and global chemical supply chains, which she said is adding uncertainty to the broader macroeconomic environment and could weigh on demand in more impacted regions. During the call, executives discussed a $10 million adjusted EBITDA impact that was pulled into the first quarter from the second quarter due to commercial execution, and addressed questions about the sustainable earnings power of the Advanced Performance Materials segment following the Washington Works outage and closure of the SPS capstone line.