POWER OF ATTORNEY

                      FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

      KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Laurent Lenoir, Kurt Decat and Edward Yocum, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (i) execute for and on
behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
director and/or owner of greater than 10% of the outstanding ordinary shares of
Taminco Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5
(including any amendments, supplements or exhibits thereto) in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
(ii) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5
(including any amendments, supplements or exhibits thereto) and timely file such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and
any stock exchange or similar authority, including without limitation the filing
of a Form ID or any other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the
undersigned to file the Form 3, 4 and 5 electronically with the SEC; (iii) seek
or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf,
information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party,
including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the
undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to
each of the undersigned's attorneys-in-fact appointed by this Power of Attorney
and ratifies any such release of information; and (iv) 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 such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or 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 such attorney-in-fact's 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 attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of date first written above.

                                        Signed and acknowledged:

                                        /s/ Johan De Saegher
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                                        Signature

                                        Johan De Saegher
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                                        Printed Name