Lubrizol makes several officer changes
The Lubrizol Corporation has made several officer changes. These changes were
driven in part by the completed acquisition of Lubrizol by Berkshire Hathaway,
as well as by the retirement of some executives. James L. Hambrick remains Lubrizol's chairman, president and chief
executive officer. In addition to Hambrick,
Lubrizol's executive leadership team includes the following individuals: Suzanne
Day, corporate vice president, general
counsel and chief ethics officer; Bob Graf,
corporate vice president, research and development, as well as assuming product
safety and compliance responsibilities;
John King, corporate vice president, information systems and business processes;
Eric Schnur, president, Lubrizol Advanced
Materials; Dan Sheets, president, Lubrizol
Additives; Greg Taylor, corporate vice
president, strategy, development and communications; Brian Valentine, corporate
vice president, chief financial officer and
treasurer, as well as assuming global risk
management responsibilities and Mike
Vaughn, who will become corporate vice
president, operations, supply chain and
HSES (effective upon the retirement of
Larry Norwood in 2012).
In addition, Andy Panega, joined Lubrizol as corporate vice president, human
resources. Panega brings 30 years of experience in human resource management,
serving in both corporate and consulting
roles. He held leadership roles in human
resources at General Mills, Tonka Corporation, Dun & Bradstreet and R.R. Don-nelley and Sons. Panega also founded two
companies, one that focused on comprehensive health and disease prevention and
another that provided merger and acquisition integration strategies.
Henkel appoints Menges
executive VP human resources
Henkel has appointed Kathrin Menges new
member of the management board and executive vice president human resources.
Menges started her professional career in
human resources in
1990 at Bankge-sellschaft Berlin AG.
In 1999, she joined
Henkel, initially at
Schwarzkopf in
Hamburg, and from
2005 at the corporate
headquarters in Düsseldorf. In 2009, she
was appointed corporate senior vice resident and global head of
human resources.
Kathrin Menges
Micro Powders appoints
technical director
Micro Powders, Inc. (MPI) has appointed
Richard Czarnecki technical director. In this
position, Czarnecki will assume responsibility for all technology functions for both the
industrial and personal care divisions of MPI.
Richard reports to
Warren Pushaw, president of Micro Powders. He joins Micro
Powders with more
than 28 years of experience in the graphic
arts industry. He
began his career with
Converters Ink (later
ICI and Zeneca Inks),
where his responsibilities progressed through
management roles in product development,
technical services, and regulatory affairs. He
served as director of polymer science and engineering for 11 years at Sun Chemical’s
Technical Center, where he led the development and global commercialization of polymers for use in paste, liquid, and energy
curable inks and coatings. Most recently, he
was chief technical officer for Superior Printing Ink, where he lead their R&D, technical
service, and EH&S functions. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of Ink
World Magazine and is a member of the National Printing Ink Research Institute Board
of Directors and most recently served as
NPIRI president.
Richard Cznarnecki
H.B. Fuller names Joan Schuller
as vice president, Asia Pacific
region
H.B. Fuller Company has appointed Joan
Schuller as vice president, Asia Pacific, effective Nov. 28, 2011. Schuller, of Blue Bell, Pa.,
joins H.B. Fuller from Dow Advanced Materials. Prior to its acquisition by Dow, Schuller
spent 16 years at Rohm and Haas Company,
including five years leading businesses in Singapore and China. She has extensive experience executing strategic growth initiatives
and successfully leading global businesses focused on coating materials, specialty adhesives, plastics additives, adhesives and
sealants, paper, textiles and graphic arts.
Most recently, she served as vice president
and general manager of Dow Coating Materials, North America. Schuller earned a bach-elor's degree in mechanical engineering from
Lehigh University and a master's in business
administration from Temple University.
BYK-Gardner USA adds staff
BYK-Gardner, worldwide partner of the automotive, paint and plastic industries for
quality control of color, appearance and
physical properties, has increased its staff by
nine. Rae Roby is the new regional sales
manager for the Michigan and Northern
Ohio Region; Sam Cauchi is sales manager
responsible for covering all of Canada; Sheila
White is the new Customer Care Center
manager for North America; Mary Llewellyn
of the Customer Care Center will be responsible for Canada; Scott Richeson, also a team
member in the Customer Care Center, will
work covering the Mid-Atlantic USA territory; Sandrine Letendre, one of the newest
members to the Customer Care Center, will
handle the West Coast USA area; Patrick
Weaver, another new member of the Customer Care Center will handle the Southwest
USA area; Corey Cohen joins the company
as applications specialist; and lastly, Josh Egbert joined BYK-Gardner USA as the service
administrator and will be responsible for assisting customers with returning instruments
for certification and service. CW
