Mr. Rudin joined GDI in January of 2015 as the President and CEO of its manufacturing and product distribution subsidiary, Superior Solutions Ltd. He has spent the last 30 years in the chemical manufacturing and distribution businesses. Starting out with his family at Huntington Labs which was sold to Ecolab, Craig went on to manage the Canadian Professional Products business for Ecolab, a multinational chemical manufacturing business, later moving to their head office in Minnesota where he lead their business development and M&A activities for their cleaning segment. In 2002, Craig joined Unisource Worldwide, a $6 billion wholesale distribution business when Bain Capital purchased the business from Georgia Pacific Corporation. Prior to joining GDI, Craig was the CEO for the Americas for Asia Pulp and Paper’s tissue division. He has extensive international business experience in turn-around management, sales and marketing, manufacturing, M&A and business development. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Carleton University and is a graduate of the executive management program at the Wharton School of Business.
