Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
In the normal course of business, we are involved in a variety of lawsuits, claims and legal proceedings, from time to time, including commercial and contract disputes, labor and employment matters, product liability claims, environmental liabilities, trade regulation matters, intellectual property disputes and tax-related matters. In our opinion, pending legal matters are not expected to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations, liquidity or cash flows.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following is a list of executive officers of the Company as of February 24, 2023.
Theodore L. Harris , age 57, has served as our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since 2017.
C. Martin Bengtsson , age 46, has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since February 2019. Prior to that, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Performance Materials and Technologies business unit of Honeywell International, a diversified technology and manufacturing company, from April 2018 to January 2019, and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Advanced Materials unit of Honeywell International from August 2016 to April 2018.
Hatsuki Miyata , age 47, has served as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since July 2022. Ms. Miyata previously served as Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Allegion plc, a global manufacturing company in seamless access and security products, from October 2018 to July 2022. Prior to that, she held various responsibilities in the Corporate & Securities Group at The Procter & Gamble Company, a global consumer products company, from October 2016 to September 2018.
Frederic Boned , age 45, has served as our Senior Vice President and General Manager, Human Nutrition and Health, since November 2022. Prior to that, he served as Regional Vice President, Health Nutrition and Care – North America from January 2022 to November 2022, Vice President, Human Nutrition and Health – North America from September 2018 to January 2022, and Vice President, Human Nutrition and Health – EMEA from January 2018 to September 2018, each at DSM, a multinational corporation in the fields of health and nutrition.
Jonathan H. Griffin , age 47, has served as our Senior Vice President and General Manager, Animal Nutrition and Health, since September 2022. Prior to that, he led that business segment as our Vice President and General Manager, Animal Nutrition and Health from 2016 to September 2022.
Martin L. Reid , age 56, has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer since September 2022. Prior to that, he served as Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer from January 2021 to September 2022. Mr. Reid served as Chief Supply Chain Officer at Godiva Chocolate from May 2019 to December 2020, and as Vice President, Supply Chain – North America Manufacturing at The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., a multinational cosmetics company, prior to that.
Michael R. Sestrick , Ph.D., age 59, has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer since September 2022. Prior to that he served as our Vice President and Chief Technology officer from April 2017 to September 2022.
M. Brent Tignor , age 45, has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since September 2022. Prior to that, he led the Human Resources department as our Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer from February 2022 to September 2022 and as our Vice President, Human Resources from 2016 to February 2022.
Job L. van Gunsteren , age 47, has served as our Senior Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Products, since September 2022. Prior to that, he served as our Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Products from August 2020 to September 2022 and as our Director for Animal Nutrition and Health – EMEA from 2013 to 2020.
All above-listed officers except for Mr. Bengtsson, Ms. Miyata, Mr. Boned, and Mr. Reid have been employed by the Company for more than the past five years. No family relationship exists between any of the above-listed executive officers of the Company. All officers are elected to hold office for one year or until their successors are elected and qualified or their earlier death, resignation or removal from office by the Board of Directors of the Company.
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