Dean A. Scarborough is president and chief executive officer of Avery Dennison Corporation. He was elected to his current position on May 2005.

Mr. Scarborough joined Avery Dennison in 1983 and served in increasingly responsible positions in the label and tag converting business. In 1990, he was promoted to vice president and general manager, Fasson Roll North America. Five years later, he moved to the Netherlands and managed the Roll Materials Europe operation. He returned to the U.S. in 1997, when he was appointed group vice president, Fasson Roll North America and Roll Materials Europe. He was promoted to group vice president, Roll Materials Worldwide two years later and, in 2000, was elected president and chief operating officer.

Mr. Scarborough serves on the Board of Directors of Mattel, the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, and 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.