GCP Applied Technologies Inc. announced that Gregory E. Poling, Executive Chairman of GCP’s Board of Directors, will retire and step down from the Board, effective December 31, 2019, in accordance with the Company’s leadership transition plan. Elizabeth Mora, GCP’s Lead Independent Director, has been elected Independent Chairman of the GCP Board of Directors. Poling served as Chief Executive Officer of GCP from February 2016, following the Company’s separation from W.R. Grace & Co. where he began his career in 1977, until July 2019. He assumed the role of Executive Chairman in August 2019 and has since focused on supporting Randy Dearth’s successful transition into the role of Chief Executive Officer of GCP and on GCP’s ongoing evaluation of strategic opportunities.