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The Ball Corp. board of directors elected Nate Carey to the position
of VP & Controller. Carey joined Ball as Assistant Controller in
2014 after working at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for more than
a decade. In addition to his role at Ball, Carey serves on the board
of directors for A Precious Child, Inc., a non-profit organization
devoted to making a positive impact in the lives of disadvantaged
and displaced children in Colorado. Shawn Barker, Ball’s former
Controller, has been named VP, Finance Transformation.
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B’laster Corp. announced
that Kurt Gabram is now
CEO after serving as President
& COO since 2013.
Randy Pindor has been
named as the new President
& COO. Pindor has served
on the B’laster leadership
team as Executive VP, Sales
& Marketing, since 2014,
with 25 years of marketing and business leadership experience.
Tekni-Plex, Inc. has promoted Michael Luo
to General Manager of its China operations.
Luo joined the company in 2014 as Director of
Sales & Marketing. The announcement follows
the launch of the company’s new manufacturing
facility in Suzhou, China, which has been
supported by a $15 million investment. Luo will
continue to report to Russell Hubbard, Senior
VP-International.
Shiseido Co., Ltd. appointed Franck Marilly as President & CEO
of Shiseido Group EMEA, effective Jan. 1, 2018. Marilly will report
to Shiseido Co. President & Group CEO Masahiko Uotani. Prior
to his new position, Marilly acted as Managing Director Europe Fragrance
& Beauty at Chanel. His other roles within Chanel included
Senior VP Fashion in New York and Managing Director for France.
He also held a range of positions within the Unilever Group.
Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. appointed Yoshihiro Murakami as President,
Skin Care Business, Global, Kao Corp. following the resignation
of Masumi Natsusaka (President, Representative Director).
Additionally, former Executive Officer Yasushi Nakamura has been
appointed Managing Executive Officer (Executive Officer; Senior
VP, East Asia Region; President of Kanebo Cosmetics China;
Member of the Board; VP of Cosmetic Business, Kao China) while
Shinji Kasuga has been appointed Executive Officer (Senior Director,
Marketing, Mass Market Brands) following the resignation of
Executive Officers Nobuaki Konishi (Executive Officer, President,
Marketing) and Toyonobu Kawa (Executive Officer, Senior Director,
Customer Care).
Huber Engineered Materials (HEM) announced
that Dan Krawczyk has been appointed
President. Krawczyk remains a member of the
HEM Board of Directors and Huber Management
Council. Krawczyk has served as Huber’s
Executive VP of Strategy & Corporate Development
since 2013. Before joining Huber, Krawczyk
was EVP and CFO of Gibson Guitar Corp.
He also was Global VP of Business Development
& Strategic Marketing for Belden and has held financial and
operational leadership roles at DTE Energy, Delphi Automotive
and Ford Motor Co.
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) will be honoring
the 50th anniversary of its Master Perfumer, Carlos Benaim, with a
series of celebrations throughout 2018. Benaim accepted a position
at IFF in 1967 following study at the University of Toulouse
and Ecole Nationale Superíeure de Chimie de Toulouse in France.
Benaim has won nine Fragrance Foundation Awards for his work,
an American Society of Perfumers Lifetime Achievement Award
in 2002 and a 2014 Fragrance Foundation Perfumer of the Year
Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2013, Benaim was named IFF’s
first Master Perfumer.
AkzoNobel announced that Maëlys Castella, CFO and Member of
the Board of Management, will step down due to health reasons.
Following an anticipated recovery, Castella is expected to return to
AkzoNobel in a senior management role. Group Controller Hans
De Vriese will serve as interim CFO while initiating an internal and
external search for a permanent replacement.
The Estée Lauder Cos. appointed Michael Smith as Senior VP,
Global Information Services & Chief Information Officer. He
joined the company from Boma Technologies, a technology
consulting firm. According to the company, he will place a special
focus on driving global technology solutions in key strategic
areas for Estée Lauder, notably retail, digital, social and analytics.
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