Our Team

Mark Bye is a recognized global business leader with deep experience across the industrials, chemicals, and energy sectors. During his 40+ year career, he has successfully led a diverse set of public and private enterprises, increasing value and delivering profitable growth by leveraging strategies spanning the gamut from targeted organic growth, new product development, M&A, and geographic expansion to extensive operational restructurings.

He joined Morgan Stanley in 2008 as a Managing Director in London, assuming leadership responsibilities for the European private equity team and globally for the industrials, basic materials, and energy sectors. He served the firm for 13-years as a partner in both the Mid-market Private Equity and Energy Capital Funds and continued his service as a Senior Advisor for an additional 3- years. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Bye was the CEO of DyStar, GmbH, a private equity owned Frankfurt based specialty chemicals company. Before DyStar, he spent 23 years at Air Products and Chemicals (NYSE: APD) where he held numerous senior leadership positions including VP of Performance Chemicals, President of Air Products Asia, and ultimately, Group Executive of the $8B global Gases & Equipment Group. Prior to Air Products, Mr. Bye held management positions at Union Carbide Corporation and Energy Investment, a Boston based energy-consulting firm.

His professional and personal passion focuses on developing value creation strategies for technology-based businesses and working with early-mid stage company CEOs in creating a successful enterprise. Mr. Bye has spent much of his career working outside the USA. He has lived and worked in six countries, and possesses a deep understanding of international business dynamics, cultures, and practices. Mr. Bye holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a graduate of INSEAD’s Advanced Management Program. He is active in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, MIT’s Sandbox Innovation Fund and Energy Initiative, and also serves on the MIT Corporation’s Visiting Committee for Chemical Engineering.