Alasdair Nisbet is one of the leading M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) advisors to the chemical industry. In his over 30-year career, he has worked on many of the most significant M&A transactions in the industry. These include a number of transformational acquisitions, divestments and restructuring deals. Alasdair has advised many of the largest global chemical, materials and oil companies in North America, Europe and Asia including, BASF, Dow Chemicals, Rohm & Haas, PPG Industries, Rockwood, Tata Chemicals, INEOS, Chemtura and Shell.

He founded Natrium Capital as an independent advisory firm in 2012 having previously headed up the Global Chemical M&A business for Lazard. Before that, Alasdair headed the chemicals industry business at Wasserstein Perella, which was later taken over and became Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, the global investment banking firm. He began his career working as an equity analyst providing research on companies in Europe and Asia.

He has a Masters in Chemistry from University College, Oxford.