Crompton Names Odaniell Head of Unified Specialty Chemicals Businesses

21-May-2004

To unify the management of its specialty chemicals businesses, Crompton announced that Myles S. Odaniell, 45, has been named executive vice president, Specialty chemicals, effective immediately. Odaniell will have responsibility for Crompton's entire portfolio of chemical businesses, which includes Polymer additives, polymers and Refined Products, with combined annual sales of approximately $1.7 billion. Mary L. Gum, executive vice president, Performance Chemicals and elastomers Group, will remain with the company to work on special projects until her retirement at the end of the year.

Odaniell, who has served as executive vice president, Plastics and Petroleum Additives since joining Crompton in June 2003, spent more than 20 years at Cytec Industries Inc./American Cyanamid Company, where he served most recently as president - Coating and Performance Chemicals and president - Cytec Latin America. In these positions, he was responsible for a portfolio of global specialty chemicals businesses that manufacture and market resins and specialty additives. He has a proven track record of creating value in both growth and mature businesses.

Odaniell received a Bachelor of Science in chemistry and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Connecticut.

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