Kemira announced that, effective April 1, 2014, its operations in South America and North America will be combined to form a single region, the ‘Americas' to further streamline the organization.
Kemira said that the following changes will form the America’s Region Management Team: Jim Rettinger, Director of Corporate Accounts, Darren Swales Director of Business and Applications development, Robin Brown, Director of Marketing and Product management, and Dave Gardner, Director of Manufacturing, will have expanded responsibility for The Americas region.
In addition, Joe Stockman has been promoted to Vice-President, Sales and Technical Applications, North America Paper; and Luiz Leonardo will continue in his role as Director, Sales and Technical Applications for South America.
The members of the America’s Region Management Team will report to Billy Ford, SVP – Paper Segment, Americas region.