Revolution appoints new president, CEO

Arkansas-based sustainable materials and recycling solutions provider Revolution Sustainable Solutions LLC, a portfolio company of private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners, has appointed Scott Coleman as president and CEO.

Coleman joined Revolution in 2013 and most recently served as the senior vice president of growth and strategy, in addition to previously serving as division president and vice president of business development. He succeeds Sean Whiteley, who has served as the CEO of Revolution for the past 12 years.

Whiteley is leaving the company to serve his church, leading a three-year mission in Taiwan and will remain active as a member of the board.

“We are so grateful for the incredible leadership and partnership that Sean Whiteley has provided the company and look forward to continued collaboration with him as a board member,” Revolution Chairman and Arsenal operating partner George Abd says. “We are thrilled to welcome Scott Coleman as CEO as he brings a deep understanding of Revolution’s differentiated model and growth prospects, enabling him to hit the ground running.”

As CEO, Coleman will oversee operations and continue to drive Revolution’s growth in sustainable materials and end-of-life plastic solutions. According to Revolution, he has contributed significantly to strategic growth initiatives and has led the identification and completion of 11 highly synergistic acquisitions.

Coleman has experience in operations and development from MDC Holdings Inc. and investment banking at Wells Fargo Securities. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics from Iowa State University as well as a Master of Business Administration from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.

“It has been an honor to be part of the great management team at Revolution to build what we believe to be a unique company in the sustainable materials segment,” Coleman says. “In the past 10 years, the company has diverted over 2 billion pounds of waste from landfills and other disposal methods and has used that waste to create new, high-quality films and sustainable resins for critical applications, including agricultural irrigation, where Revolution’s products have saved over a trillion gallons of water versus other irrigation methods.

"Market demand for sustainable flexible film solutions is growing enormously, and I am excited to partner with our talented team, of which I have been proud to have helped build, to continue to lead in this innovative space.”