Dean Scarborough

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer / Avery Dennison Corporation

Dean A. Scarborough is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Avery Dennison Corporation. He became Chairman in April 2010 and has been President and Chief Executive Officer since May 2005. Mr. Scarborough joined Avery Dennison in 1983 and served in increasingly responsible positions in the company’s label and tag converting business. In 1990, he was promoted to Vice President and General Manager of Label and Packaging Materials’ North American Division. Five years later, he moved to The Netherlands and led Label and Packaging Materials Europe. Returning to the U.S. in 1997, he was appointed Group Vice President, Label and Packaging Materials North America and Label and Packaging Materials Europe. Two years later he was promoted to Group Vice President, Label and Packaging Materials Worldwide. In 2000, he was elected President and Chief Operating Officer of Avery Dennison. Mr. Scarborough serves on the Board of Directors of Mattel and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.  He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Hiram College. A native of Cleveland, Mr. Scarborough graduated from Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio, in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and received his Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago in 1979.