Exhibit 24.5

POWER OF ATTORNEY

For Executing Schedule 13D

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Ronald G. Moffit, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Schedule 13D (including any amendments thereto) which may be required to be filed in accordance with Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of Huntsman Corporation;



(2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Schedule 13D and the timely filing of such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and



(3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        Photographic copies of this Power of Attorney shall have the same force and effect as the original.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 23rd day of September, 2009.

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