DuPont announces leadership changes
DuPont recently implemented a number of
management changes. Rick Olson, currently president of DuPont Titanium Technologies, will lead productivity
improvement and business process simpli-fication programs across the company.
Olson’s business process knowledge, supply chain experience and previous productivity leadership successes will be beneficial
as the company continues to drive and
accelerate its productivity improvement program. He
has served in a range
of business and operations leadership
roles around the
world since joining
the company as a
process engineer in 1978. He has led the Titanium Technologies business since 2005.
Phuong Tram, vice president, information technology (IT) and chief information
officer; Don Linsenman, vice president,
Six Sigma; and David Peet, vice president,
DuPont Integrated Business Management
(DIBM); will retain their current responsibilities and report directly to Olson.
BC Chong, currently vice president –
DuPont Performance Coatings (DPC) in
Asia Pacific (AP), will succeed Olson as president of Titanium Technologies. Chong will
lead the global business from Asia. Chong
joined DuPont in Singapore before holding
a variety of leadership roles in both AP and
the U.S. His previous positions have included business management and development, sales and marketing and operations.
Jeff Keefer, executive vice president, has
elected to retire after more than 34 years of
service. His current responsibilities include
overall cost and working capital productivity
programs, corporate strategy and DPC business. He moved into progressive financial
and business leadership roles around the
world after joining the company as a financial analyst in 1976. He was appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer
in 2006 before he assumed his current role in
2009. Concurrent with his retirement, Corporate Strategy will report to executive vice
president and chief financial officer Nick
Fanandakis, and DPC will report to executive vice president Tom Connelly.
Don Johnson, senior vice president,
human resources, has elected to retire after
more than 36 years of service. Johnson has
served in a range of technical, manufacturing and leadership roles in the U.S.; Geneva,
Switzerland; and DuPont K.K. (Japan), before assuming his current role in 2008.
Maritza Poza-Grise, vice president,
human resources, will serve as the acting
head of human resources until the position of senior vice president of human resources is filled in the near future.
Solution Dispersions names
Melville new business
development manager
Solution Dispersions, a producer of aqueous carbon black dispersions, has named
Steve Melville new business development
manager. He will work under the management of Jeff Randolph, president.
Melville will focus on servicing current
customers, soliciting new business, and
defining new opportunities in existing or
new markets.
Lubrizol names Day
corporate vice president
and general counsel
The Lubrizol Corporation has elected
Suzanne F. Day corporate vice president and
general counsel, replacing Joseph W. Bauer,
who is retiring after 25 years with the company. Day will assume global responsibility
for legal services, directing the corporation’s
legal strategy in support of the company’s vision and objectives. Day joined Lubrizol’s
global legal division in 1998 to handle litigation throughout the corporation, eventually
heading the litigation and disputes practice
section. She has engaged in all phases of trial
practice and alternative dispute resolution on
behalf of the company. Since becoming a
deputy general counsel of the corporation in
2007, Day has led the successful resolution
of numerous legal matters for Lubrizol, both
inside and outside of the courtroom.
Valspar appoints Arnold chief
technology officer
The Valspar Corporation named Cynthia
A. Arnold senior vice president and chief
technology officer. In this role Arnold will
lead Valspar’s global technology activities
and will become an officer of the company,
reporting to chairman and CEO William
L. Mansfield. Arnold succeeds Larry B.
Brandenburger vice president of research
and development, who will retire from
Valspar this month. Arnold most recently
served as chief technology officer at Sun
Chemical. She earlier served as VP of technology, coatings adhesives and specialties
for Eastman Chemical and in R&D and
business leadership positions with GE.
PPG appoints Jain VP,
strategic planning &
corporate development
PPG Industries has appointed Anup Jain
vice president, strategic planning and corporate development. Jain will join the
company’s operating committee and report directly to chairman and CEO
Charles E. Bunch at PPG’s global headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA.
Jain previously held the positions of
vice president and general manager, global
test and measurement, and director, strategy, for Honeywell Corp. From 2002 to
2004, he was an operating principal with
Three Cities Research, a private equity
firm, serving on its board of directors and
working with top management at portfolio companies to drive turnaround and
growth. Jain worked from 1997 to 2002
with McKinsey and Co., where he developed expertise in pricing and product
strategies. He began his career with IBM
Corporation as a systems sales engineer,
and later became manager, strategy/busi-ness development, retail solutions. CW
