American Vanguard Announces Change in Amvac Chemical Senior Management

07-09-2010: American Vanguard Corp. announced that Mr. Trevor Thorley, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of the corporation’s subsidiary, Amvac Chemical Company, has resigned from his position in order to pursue other business interests. Mr. Thorley joined the company in January 2009 and since that time has been involved in managing several different functions.

In conjunction with this managerial change, the Company announced the promotion of Mr. James Lehman to the position of National Sales Manager. Mr. Lehman has served as Midwest Regional Sales Manager for the last 18 months and has distinguished himself through superior achievement and as an effective leader. Mr. Lehman joined Amvac from a successful sales management career at BASF and he holds a Masters degree in Ag Economics from North Dakota State University.