CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle
Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals
industry, proudly announces that executive vice president and chief
financial officer, Scott Tozier, has
been named Charlotte Business Journal's 2017 CFO of the Year award
winner in the public company category. This annual awards program
is intended to honor the region's top professionals for outstanding
performance in senior financial leadership.
"As a senior leader in our organization, Scott has played a key
role in our company's rapid growth and current success," commented
Albemarle's chairman, president
and CEO, Luke Kissam. "We are
continually inspired by his commitment to power the potential of
Albemarle, and I am pleased to
congratulate him on this noteworthy accomplishment."
Tozier joined Albemarle in
January 2011, as senior vice
president and chief financial officer, and has assumed roles of
increasing responsibility during his time with the company. He has
over 20 years of diversified international financial management
experience with global companies, including Ernst & Young, LLP
and Honeywell International, Inc.
For more information about the Charlotte Business Journal's CFO
of the Year Awards, visit www.bizjournals.com/charlotte.
About Albemarle
Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), headquartered in Charlotte, NC, is a global specialty chemicals
company with leading positions in lithium, bromine and refining
catalysts. We power the potential of companies in many of the
world's largest and most critical industries, from energy and
communications to transportation and electronics. Working
side-by-side with our customers, we develop value-added, customized
solutions that make them more competitive. Our solutions combine
the finest technology and ingredients with the knowledge and
know-how of our highly experienced and talented team of operators,
scientists and engineers.
Discovering and implementing new and better performance-based
sustainable solutions is what motivates all of us. We think beyond
business-as-usual to drive innovations that create lasting value.
Albemarle employs approximately
4,500 people and serves customers in approximately 100 countries.
We regularly post information to www.albemarle.com, including
notification of events, news, financial performance, investor
presentations and webcasts, non-GAAP reconciliations, SEC filings
and other information regarding our company, its businesses and the
markets it serves.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding
Albemarle Corporation's business that are not historical facts are
"forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties.
For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause
actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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