Alex Dadakis

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Alex Dadakis, Executive Vice President and Chief Business Operations and Innovation Officer

Alex Dadakis serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Business Operations and Innovation Officer of UL Solutions. In this role, which he started in January 2025, Dadakis oversees the company’s day-to-day business operational functions and leads and unifies the areas of science-led strategy, commercial excellence, communications, technology and innovation.

Prior to joining UL Solutions, Dadakis served as Senior Vice President, Global Head of Strategy and Corporate Development, leading strategic transformation, at Germany-based Knauf Group, Gebr KG. Previously, he was SVP and Chief Customer Experience and Strategy Officer at USG Corporation, where he started in 2017, prior to USG’s merger with Knauf. Dadakis was an associate partner at management consulting firm Bain & Company before joining USG.

Dadakis currently serves on the board of directors of Mercy Housing Lakefront, an organization that works to eliminate homelessness and housing insecurity. He is also a member of the board of the Evans Scholarship Leadership Counsel.

Dadakis earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Wake Forest University.