Avient Names George T. Clark Director of Investor Relations

Avient (NYSE: AVNT) appointed George T. Clark as Director of Investor Relations, effective October 12, 2026, to lead investor relations activities.

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Avient (NYSE: AVNT) appointed George T. Clark as Director of Investor Relations, effective October 12, 2026, to lead investor relations activities.

Clark reports to Chief Financial Officer Giuseppe (Joe) Di Salvo and succeeds him as the primary investment-community contact following Di Salvo's appointment as CFO. Clark brings more than a decade of investment management, equity research and corporate strategy experience.

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10/14/2026 - 08:00 AM EDT

CLEVELAND, Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), an innovator of materials solutions, today announced that George T. Clark, CFA, has joined the company as Director of Investor Relations, effective October 12, 2026. Mr. Clark reports to Giuseppe (Joe) Di Salvo, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

George T. Clark, Director of Investor Relations, Avient Corporation

Mr. Clark will be responsible for leading all investor relations activities and serve as the primary point of contact for Avient's investment community. He succeeds Mr. Di Salvo as the company's investor relations contact following Mr. Di Salvo's appointment as Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Clark brings more than a decade of experience across buy-side investment management, sell-side equity research and corporate strategy. He most recently served as an Investment Analyst at American Century Investments on its Small Cap Value and Small Cap Dividend strategies. In that role, Mr. Clark was the lead analyst covering the specialty chemicals, auto, healthcare, and REIT sectors.

Previously, Mr. Clark served as Senior Analyst, Strategy and Corporate Development at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, where he evaluated and implemented strategic initiatives spanning new market entry, product development and M&A. He began his career in equity research at RBC Capital Markets.

Mr. Clark holds a Master of Business Administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a Bachelor of Science in Business, Finance, with a minor in Mathematics, from Miami University. He is a CFA charterholder.

About Avient

Our purpose at Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) is to be an innovator of materials solutions to help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. Our local touch and customer engagement, combined with our global presence, allows us to serve customers with agility. We harness the collective strength of more than 9,000 employees worldwide to collaborate and build on each other's ideas. In doing so, we innovate solutions that help our customers overcome their challenges or capitalize on opportunities provided by the fast-changing world and secular trends. Our expanding portfolio of offerings includes colorants, advanced composites, functional additives, engineered materials, and Dyneema^®, the world's strongest fiber™. By intersecting our broad portfolio of technologies with the product roadmaps of our customers, we help create differentiated and high-performance products that make the world better and more sustainable. Visit www.avient.com to learn more.