Fernandez-Moreno promoted to senior vice president of Ashland and president of Chemicals Group
April 22 2015 - 8:00AM
Expanded
leadership role adds management responsibility for Ashland
Performance Materials
April 22, 2015
COVINGTON, Ky. - Ashland Inc.
(NYSE: ASH) today announced that Luis Fernandez-Moreno, senior vice
president of Ashland and president of Ashland Specialty
Ingredients, has been promoted to the newly created position of
senior vice president of Ashland and president of the Chemicals
Group. In this expanded role, he will continue to lead Specialty
Ingredients and will assume additional management responsibility
for Ashland Performance Materials. Specialty Ingredients and
Performance Materials will continue to operate, and report their
financial results, as separate commercial units. The leadership
change announced today does not reflect any shift in the company's
strategy or approach to portfolio management and capital
allocation.
Theodore L. (Ted) Harris, senior
vice president of Ashland and president of Performance Materials,
has resigned to accept an offer to become chief executive officer
of another public company. A new leader for Performance Materials,
who will report to Fernandez-Moreno, is expected to be appointed at
a later date.
In addition, Ashland announced
that Fernandez-Moreno and Sam Mitchell, Ashland senior vice
president and president of Valvoline, will join Ashland's Executive
Committee.
"This new structure will enable
both Luis and Sam to play bigger roles in the company's ongoing
decision making," said William A. Wulfsohn, Ashland chairman and
chief executive officer. "Luis is an engaged leader with a proven
track record of driving profitable growth and disciplined execution
across global business lines. Since assuming the leadership role at
Specialty Ingredients 18 months ago, he has guided the organization
through a successful global realignment that has improved its
competitive position and financial performance."
Wulfsohn continued: "On behalf of
everyone at Ashland, I want to thank Ted for his many contributions
over the past 11 years. He has played a pivotal role in Ashland's
transformation into a specialty chemicals company and has helped
build Performance Materials into a global leader in its industry.
We wish him all the best in the next step of his career."
About Ashland
Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) is a global leader in providing specialty
chemical solutions to customers in a wide range of consumer and
industrial markets, including architectural coatings, automotive,
construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care and
pharmaceutical. Through our three commercial units - Ashland
Specialty Ingredients, Ashland Performance Materials and Valvoline
- we use good chemistry to make great things happen for customers
in more than 100 countries. Visit ashland.com to learn more.
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to recover raw-material cost increases through price increases),
and risks and uncertainties associated with the following:
Ashland's substantial indebtedness (including the possibility that
such indebtedness and related restrictive covenants may adversely
affect Ashland's future cash flows, results of operations,
financial condition and its ability to repay debt); the impact of
acquisitions and/or divestitures Ashland has made or may make
(including the possibility that Ashland may not realize the
anticipated benefits from such transactions); the global
restructuring program (including the possibility that Ashland may
not achieve the anticipated revenue and earnings growth, cost
reductions, and other expected benefits from the program),
Ashland's ability to generate sufficient cash to finance its stock
repurchase plans, severe weather, natural disasters, and legal
proceedings and claims (including environmental and asbestos
matters). Various risks and uncertainties may cause actual results
to differ materially from those stated, projected or implied by any
forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, risks
and uncertainties affecting Ashland that are contained in its most
recent Form 10-K (including Item 1A Risk Factors) filed with the
SEC, which is available on Ashland's website at
http://investor.ashland.com or on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
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but there can be no assurance that the expectations reflected
herein will be achieved. Unless legally required, Ashland
undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements
made in this news release whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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Investor Relations:
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Thompson
+1 (859) 815-4454
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