Zeon Chemical names new CEO. (People in the News).Gary W. Grinrod was promoted to president and chief executive officer of Zeon Chemicals L.P. In his new role, Grinrod is responsible for executing the company's continued growth strategy and oversees both elastomers and new business development divisions, while maintaining his previous responsibilities as general manager for new business. Grinrod has 30 years of experience in the chemical industry--the last five at Zeon and the previous 25 at Rohm and Haas Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE: ROH), a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based company, manufactures miscellaneous materials. A Fortune 500 Company, Rohm and Haas employs more than 17,000 people in 27 countries. The annual sales revenue of Rohm and Haas stands at about USD 8.2 billion. . He served as vice president and general manager of Zeon Chemicals' New Business Development Division and as director of sales for Zeon's Elastomers Division. He led his team in the discovery of opportunities that fit the company's core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
Grinrod has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. and completed the Wharton Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. . |
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