Jan Bertsch Joins O-I as Chief Financial Officer
November 23 2015 - 6:30AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Jan Bertsch Joins O-I as Chief
Financial Officer
Perrysburg, Ohio (Nov. 23, 2015) - Owens-Illinois
(NYSE: OI) announced today the appointment of Jan Bertsch as Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective Nov. 23,
2015. In addition to assuming responsibility for the company's
Financial function, Bertsch will lead O-I's Information Technology
organization. She will report to CEO-elect Andres Lopez.
Most recently, Bertsch served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer for Sigma-Aldrich, a $2.8
billion life science and technology company. Sigma-Aldrich was
recently acquired by Merck KGaA. Prior to joining Sigma-Aldrich in
2012, Bertsch was Vice President, Controller and Principal
Accounting Officer at BorgWarner. She also spent nearly 30 years at
Chrysler LLC and Ford Motor Company in various roles of increasing
responsibility in Finance, Treasury and Information Technology. She
also serves on the BWX Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors.
"Having served as a senior financial leader in
several global manufacturing companies, Jan brings a great wealth
of experience to O-I. She is a CFO with a solid track record of
operational and cost improvement, value creation and asset
optimization," said Lopez. "Her impressive credentials, combined
with her leadership style and approach will strengthen our Global
Leadership Team and makes her an ideal fit for our
organization."
Jan succeeds John Haudrich, who had served as
Acting CFO since April 2015 and was recently named Senior Vice
President and Chief Strategy and Integration Officer.
"I look forward to joining the O-I team and having
an opportunity to leverage my prior experience facing many similar
challenges and opportunities to make a positive difference for the
company," said Bertsch.
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About O-I
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) is the world's largest glass
container manufacturer and preferred partner for many of the
world's leading food and beverage brands. The Company had revenues
of $6.8 billion in 2014. Following the acquisition of Vitro's food
and beverage business, the company now employs approximately 27,000
people at 81 plants in 23 countries. With global headquarters in
Perrysburg, Ohio, U.S., O-I delivers safe, sustainable, pure,
iconic, brand-building glass packaging to a growing global
marketplace. For more information, visit o-i.com.
Press Release - Bertsch joins O-I
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