Nalco CompanyCorporate Headquarters:
-1601 W. Diehl Road; Naperville, Il 60563-1198 (630) 305-1000 Fax: (630) 305-2900
From: “Our Company History“
Nalco was founded as National Aluminate Corporation in 1928 through a merger of Chicago Chemical Company and Aluminate Sales Corporation, two Chicago-based companies selling sodium aluminate to “treat” water, etc.
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2003 … The Blackstone Group, Apollo Management L. P. and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners buy Ondeo Nalco…(see timeline)
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NALCO Board and Management
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Board of Directors
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J. Erik Fyrwald - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
J. Erik Fyrwald joined Nalco as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in February 2008 following a 27-year career at DuPont. From 2003 to 2008 Mr. Fyrwald served as Group Vice President of the Agriculture and Nutrition division of DuPont. From 2000 until 2003 he was Vice President and General Manager of DuPont’s Nutrition and Health business. Mr. Fyrwald attended the University of Delaware, where he received a B.S. degree in chemical engineering in 1981. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. In addition to serving as Chairman of Nalco’s Board of Directors, Mr. Fyrwald serves as a Director of Eli Lilly and Company, the Society of Chemical Industry, the American Chemistry Council and is a Trustee of the Field Museum of Chicago.
-Jon E Fyrwald 126 E Hickory St; Hinsdale, IL 60521-3728 (630) 468-2784 [50-54 / J E Frywald, Erik Fyrwald, Susan Tagliareni, Marylou L Fyrwald]
-?>J E Fyrwald 2709 SW Second St; Ankeny, IA 50023-5010 (515) 964-8387
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Carl M. Casale - Director
Carl M. Casale became a member of our Board of Directors in October 2008. Mr. Casale was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Monsanto Company on September 1, 2009. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President, Strategy and Operations at Monsanto since 2007, Executive Vice President, North America and Latin America North from 2003 to 2007, and Vice President, North America from 2000 to 2003. He began his career with Monsanto as a sales representative in 1984. Mr. Casale has a B.S. degree in agricultural economics from Oregon State University and an Executive M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis.
* Monsanto – World’s Most Unethical and Harmful Investment: http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/
-?>Carl M Casale 1 Windcastle Dr; Saint Charles, MO 63304-0443 [45-49 / Timothy R Martin, Terese N Martin, Elnora J Casale]
-Job: Monsanto Company, Executive Vice-President Carl M Casale 800 N Lindbergh Blvd; Saint Louis, MO 63167-0001 (314) 694-1000
-Nalco Holdings, Member Carl Casale 1601 W Diehl Rd; Naperville, IL 60563-0130 (630) 305-1000
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Rodney F. Chase - Director
Rodney F. Chase became a member of our Board of Directors in May 2005. Mr. Chase is a former Deputy Group Chief Executive of BP and served on the board of BP for eleven years. He retired from BP in April 2003 after 38 years of service. During his career, Mr. Chase had major responsibility for the sale of BP Minerals, and the acquisition and integration of Sohio, Britoil, Amoco, ARCO, Mobil Europe, Castrol and Veba Oil, together with the disposal of BP’s holding in Ruhrgas. He was instrumental in the creation of TNK-BP, BP’s Russian business entity. He was Deputy Chairman of TNK-BP until May 2004. Mr. Chase now serves on the board of Tesco plc as Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director. He is a Non-Executive Director of Computer Sciences Corp. and Tesoro Corporation, and Non-Executive Chairman of Petrofac Limited in the Channel Isles. He joined Lehman Brothers in 2003 as Senior Advisor in both Europe and the USA. He has previously served as a Non-Executive Director of B.O.C. plc and Diageo plc in London.
* Tesco Board of Directors (09): http://www.tescoplc.com/annualreport09/abouttesco/board_of_directors/
-?>Rodney F Chase 26381 Woodlyn Dr; Bonita Springs, FL 34134-5633 (239) 390-9385 [65+ / Diana M Chase]
-Nalco Company, Member Rodney Chase 7701 Highway 90a; Sugar Land, TX 77478-2121 (281) 263-7391
-?>Rodney F Chase 606 Park Meadows Ln; Carbondale, CO 81623-9130 (970) 963-6717
–?>Job: Computer Solutions Group, Finance Manager Rodney F Chase 578 Washington Blvd, # 635; Marina Del Rey, CA 90292-5442 (310) 641-3274
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Richard B. Marchese - Director
Richard B. Marchese became a member of our board of directors in May 2005. Mr. Marchese served for 14 years as the Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Georgia Gulf Corporation, retiring at the end of 2003. Prior to 1989, Mr. Marchese served as the Controller of Georgia Gulf Corporation, the Controller of the Resins Division of Georgia Pacific Corporation and Treasurer and Controller of XCEL Corporation. Mr. Marchese is a member of the board of directors of Blue Linx Corporation, where he serves on the Audit Committee, and is a member of the board of directors of Quality Distribution, Inc., where he serves on the Executive Committee. Mr. Marchese is a Certified Public Accountant and has a B.S. in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University.
* TPC Group Board of Directors: http://investors.tpcgrp.com/directors.cfm
-?>Richard B Marchese 3150 N Highway A1a, Apt 1302N; Fort Pierce, FL 34949-8870 (772) 468-0472 [65+ / Ruth A Marchese, Joseph Marchese]
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Paul J. Norris - Director
Paul J. Norris has been a member of our board of directors since February 2009. Mr. Norris is a Director and non–executive Chairman of the Board of Sealy Corporation. He was Chief Executive Officer of W.R. Grace and Company from 1998 through May 2005, was also Chairman of W.R. Grace from 1999 through May 2005 and was non-executive Chairman of Grace from 2005 to January 2008. He is currently a non-executive Member of the Board of Grace. Mr. Norris performs advisory services for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. He is also a Director of FMC Corporation.
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Douglas A. Pertz - Director
Douglas A. Pertz became a member of our board of directors in November 2004. Mr. Pertz is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Clipper Windpower Plc, a position he held from September 2008 until March 2010. Prior to that he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IMC Global Inc., one of the world’s leading producers and marketers of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients, from October 2000 until IMC merged to form The Mosaic Company in October 2004. From October 1999 to October 2000, Mr. Pertz served as President and Chief Executive Officer of IMC Global Inc. and from October 1998 to October 1999, as President and Chief Operating Officer of IMC Global Inc. Prior to joining IMC Global Inc., Mr. Pertz served from 1995 to 1998 as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Culligan Water Technologies, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of water, purification and treatment products. He has previously served as a member of the board of directors of The Mosaic Company, Compass Minerals International Inc. and Bowater Incorporated.
-Doug A Pertz 581 Crab Tree Ln; Lake Forest, IL 60045-1405 (847) 615-9191 [55-59 / Joanne C Pertz]
-Mosaic Global Operations, Chairman of the Board Douglas A Pertz 1 Overlook Pt, Ste 110; Lincolnshire, IL 60069-4303 (847) 876-6200
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Daniel S. Sanders - Director
Daniel S. Sanders became a member of our board of directors in January 2005. Mr. Sanders is the former President, ExxonMobil Chemical Company, and Vice President, ExxonMobil Corporation. He retired from ExxonMobil on August 31, 2004 after 43 years of service. In 1988, Mr. Sanders became Executive Assistant to the Chairman and President of Exxon Corporation, and in 1990 was appointed Senior Vice President of Exxon Company, U.S.A. In 1992, he became worldwide President of the Basic Chemicals Group of Exxon Chemical Company, and in 1994 he became Vice President of Human Resources of Exxon Corporation. He was named Executive Vice President of Exxon Chemical in 1998 and President in January 1999. He was named President of ExxonMobil Chemical Company in December of 1999 when the two companies merged. Mr. Sanders is past Chairman of the Board of the American Chemistry Council and past Chairman of the Society of Chemical Industry, American Section. He currently serves as a director of Milliken and Co., Arch Chemical and Celanese Corporation. Mr. Sanders received the Society of Chemical Industry Medal in 2005.
-Job: Celanese Chemicals, Board of Directors 1601 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy; Dallas, TX 75234-6034 (972) 443-4000
-100s at large: http://www.whitepages.com/search/FindPerson?firstname_begins_with=1&firstname=Daniel+S.+&name=Sanders+&where=
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Mary M. VanDeWeghe - Director
Mary M. VanDeWeghe became a member of our Board of Directors in July 2009. She has been an executive with Lockheed Martin and J.P. Morgan [i.e., Rothschild], and is currently on the faculty of the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business as professor of the practice of finance. She was Senior Vice President of Finance for Lockheed Martin from 2006 to 2009. From 1996 to 2006, she was CEO and President of Forte Consulting Inc., consulting on mergers, acquisitions, capital structure, corporate governance and other financial and management strategies to enhance shareholder value. During that time period, she also served as executive in residence and finance professor at the University of Maryland Smith School of Business. She began her career in 1983 at J.P. Morgan, where she held a variety of positions and rose to the rank of Managing Director.
Ms. VanDeWeghe has a B.A. in economics from Smith College and an MBA in finance from Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business. She is a member of the board of directors of Brown Advisory, an investment management company.
-?>Mary Vandeweghe 1330 Centennial Ct; Brookfield, WI 53045-5350 (262) 797-7866 [Richard P Vandeweghe, Pauline J Vandeweghe, Sarah E Vandeweghe, Andrew P Vandeweghe]
-?>Mary Vandeweghe 2080 N Commerce St, Unit 212; Milwaukee, WI 53212-3476
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Management
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J. Erik Fyrwald - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(See above)
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Bradley J. Bell - Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Bradley J. Bell has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since joining us in November 2003. From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Bell served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rohm and Haas Company, a $6 billion global specialty chemicals manufacturer. There, Mr. Bell played an active role in the company’s strategic portfolio review, including substantial acquisitions, divestitures, and development and implementation of post-transaction cost-elimination programs exceeding $500 million. Prior to that, Mr. Bell served as Vice President and Treasurer of both the Whirlpool Corporation, from 1987 to 1997, and the Bundy Corporation, from 1980 to 1987. Mr. Bell is a director and chairman of the audit committee of IDEX Corporation and a director and chairman of the audit committee of Compass Minerals International, Inc.
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David E. Flitman - Senior Executive Vice President, President, Water and Process Services
David E. Flitman has been our Senior Executive Vice President and President, Water and Process Services since February 2010. Before that he was Executive Vice President and President, Water and Process Services beginning in January 2009. He was Executive Vice President and President, Industrial and Institutional Services since joining Nalco in August 2008 until January 2009. Prior to joining Nalco, Mr. Flitman was President of Allegheny Power, the energy delivery arm of Allegheny Energy Inc. He had joined Allegheny in 2005 as Vice President of Distribution. Before that he gained broad cross-functional and global experience in a variety of leadership positions during a nearly 20-year career at DuPont, where he had most recently served as Global Business Director for the Nonwovens Business Group.
-likely>David Flitman 212 Locust Valley Rd; Greensburg, PA 15601-1358 (630) 208-4838
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David Johnson - Executive Vice President, President, EAME (Europe, Africa, Middle East)
David Johnson has been our Executive Vice President, President, EAME (Europe, Africa, Middle East) since January 2009. Prior to that he was Group Vice President and President of EAME Operations since May 2007. Mr. Johnson was Vice President of the global Downstream business for our Energy Services division from 2006 to 2007. He was the Global Strategic Business Leader for Energy Services Downstream from 2004 to 2005. In 2003, Mr. Johnson was General Sales Manager for the Downstream business in North America. He became General Marketing Manager for the Refinery and Fuel Management (RFM) business unit in 2002. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Johnson was Business Manager for the EAME RFM group of the Nalco/Exxon joint venture, after having served as the group’s Marketing Manager from 1996 to 1999. Mr. Johnson was Market Development Manager for the EAME RFM group from 1994 to 1996, and he held the same position from 1990 to 1994 for the Oil Field Chemicals (OFC), RFM and Chemical Process Industries groups. From 1987 to 1990, Mr. Johnson worked in the U.K. as Area Manager for OFC. He held the same position, based in Norway, from 1985 to 1987 and, prior to that, Mr. Johnson was a Technical Sales Representative for OFC from 1983 to 1985. Before moving into sales, Mr. Johnson worked as a Scientific Investigator in hydrocarbons research from 1981 to 1983. He began his career at Nalco in 1978 in our U.K.-based Weavergate Works Laboratory as a Scientific Assistant.
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Eric G. Melin - Executive Vice President, President Asia Pacific
Eric G. Melin has been Executive Vice President, President Asia Pacific since January 2009. He served as Chairman of Nalco Asia, beginning in September 2008. Prior to that Mr. Melin worked for Nalco as a consultant on growth in Asia. He had been Chief Operating Officer, President and Board Member of Isola Corporation, a private-equity-owned global designer, developer and manufacturer of high-performance materials used in electronic systems. Previous to joining Isola in 2006, he worked for 24 years at DuPont, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of DuPont’s Refinish Systems, a performance coatings business with $2 billion in revenues and 5,000 employees. Prior to that role, he was the Singapore-based Global Director of a DuPont engineering polymers business and has additional experience in manufacturing, strategic planning and business operations. Mr. Melin has a B.S. in Engineering from Iowa State University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Toledo.
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Steve M. Taylor - Executive Vice President, President, Energy Services Division
Steve M. Taylor has been Executive Vice President, President, Energy Services Division since January 2009. He had been Group Vice President and President of our Energy Services division since May 2007. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Upstream Energy Services since 2006. In 2005, Mr. Taylor served as Strategic Business Unit Leader of our Oilfield Chemicals group. In 2004, he was named Division Vice President of Marketing for Upstream and Downstream in our Energy Services division. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Taylor served as Worldwide Marketing Manager. He served as North American Oilfield Chemicals Sales Manager from 1998 until 2002. He began his career with Nalco in 1995 as Middle East Sales Manager for Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemicals.
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Rich Bendure - Group Vice President, Water Marketing and Development
Richard A. Bendure has been our Group Vice President, Global Water Marketing and Development since January 2009. Prior to that he was Group Vice President and President, Pacific Division Business Operations since May 2007. Mr. Bendure served as General Manager of North Asia and President of Katayama Nalco beginning in 2004, taking on the additional responsibility for managing the regional supply chain in 2006. In 2003, Mr. Bendure served as General Manager of the Asia Pacific Paper group. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Bendure served as the General Manager, Marketing, for the Asia Pacific division. In 2001, Mr. Bendure served as Marketing Manager for E-commerce, and in 2000 was a Marketing Manager for the Paper Chemicals division based in Naperville. Prior to joining Nalco, Mr. Bendure worked for ECC International and Calgon Corporation in sales, sales management, marketing, technical management, and supply chain roles.
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Mary Kay Kaufmann - Chief Marketing Officer
Mary Kay Kaufmann is our Chief Marketing Officer. She has held this position since August 2008. In May 2007 she was named Group Vice President and President, Industrial and Institutional Services (I&IS) — Middle Market. Beginning in 2006, Ms. Kaufmann was Vice President, Nalco Business Transformation Team. From 2004 to 2006, she was Strategic Business Unit Leader for Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical industries in the Americas and Europe. Ms. Kaufmann was Vice President of Sales for I&IS — North America from 2002 to 2004. Prior to that, she was General Manager from 1997 to 2002. From 1992 to 1997, she was Business Manager for the Chemical Process Industry group. Ms. Kaufmann was Marketing Manager for Product Development from 1989 to 1992 and Product Manager of both Boiler and Cooling chemicals from 1985 to 1989. She began her career at Nalco in 1980 as a Sales Representative, and also served as an Area Manager before taking the Product Manager position.
-Mary K Kaufmann 556 Clarissa Ct ; Naperville, IL 60540-8101 (630) 305-8883 [Thomas C Kaufmann, Tom C Kaufmann]
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Dr. Manian Ramesh - Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Ramesh was named Chief Technology Officer in September 2008. Prior to that he had been our Corporate Vice President for Research and Development since May 2007, Vice President Process, Water and Core Technologies from July 2006 to May 2007; Vice President, Water and Core Technologies from October 2003 to July 2006 and Vice President, Research and Development from September 2002 to October 2003.
-Manian E Ramesh 5 Little Bend Rd; Barrington, IL 60010-9007 [Elaine M Ramesh]
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Stephen N. Landsman - Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Stephen N. Landsman is our Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Mr. Landsman has been Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for the Company since 2003 and prior to 2003 he was Deputy General Counsel and Division Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions.
-Stephen N Landsman 313 Chatelaine Ct; Willowbrook, IL 60527-3126 (630) 920-8768 [50-54 / Laurie L Landsman]
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Mark R. Stoll - Vice President, Energy Services Supply Chain
Mark R. Stoll has been our Vice President, Energy Services Supply Chain since January 2009. Prior to that he was Group Vice President and President, Pacific Support Operations since May 2007. Previously, Mr. Stoll was Vice President, Field Operations for the Industrial and Institutional Services division since 2006. In 2003, Mr. Stoll was named Vice President, Strategic Business Units, for the Industrial and Institutional Services division.
-Mark R Stoll 3927 Lawn Ave; Western Springs, IL 60558-1144 (708) 246-7915 [50-54 / Jacqueline A Stoll, Megan J Stoll]
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Lori F. Arnold - Division Vice President, Taxes
Lori F. Arnold has been our Division Vice President, Taxes since October 2009. She joined the Company in 2006 as Director, International Taxes. Prior to joining Nalco she was Senior Tax Counsel and Director of Tax Planning at Aon.
-Lori F Arnold 3611 Deville Ln ; Saint Charles, IL 60175-4615 (630) 513-9427 [40-44 / Timothy J Arnold]
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J T RichardsonTitle: District Account Manager at Nalco Company
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Area
Industry: Chemicals
Current: District Account Manager at Nalco Company
Past: Sr. Account Manager at Nalco Chemical CompanyDistrict Sales Representative through Account Manager at Nalco CompanyGeneral Supervisor – Quality at General Motors
Education: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Area
Industry: Chemicals
Current: District Account Manager at Nalco Company
Past: Sr. Account Manager at Nalco Chemical CompanyDistrict Sales Representative through Account Manager at Nalco CompanyGeneral Supervisor – Quality at General Motors
Education: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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