3M Announces New Leadership Appointments
June 20 2017 - 8:45AM
Business Wire
Michael Roman Appointed Chief Operating
Officer, H.C. Shin Appointed Vice Chair
3M announced today that Michael F. Roman is appointed chief
operating officer (COO) and executive vice president, and Hak Cheol
(H.C.) Shin is appointed vice chair and executive vice president.
Both appointments are effective July 1, 2017. Both will report
directly to Inge Thulin, 3M chairman of the board, president and
chief executive officer.
“Mike and H.C. are both highly effective, accomplished leaders
with proven track records of delivering strong results, building
businesses and developing future leaders,” said Thulin. “Each has
extensive experience leading multiple 3M global business units,
geographic regions and critical functional areas, and both have
been instrumental in leveraging the 3M Playbook to create
sustainable value for our customers and shareholders.”
In his new role, Roman will have direct responsibility for 3M’s
five business groups, along with the company’s International
Operations. He most recently served as executive vice president of
3M’s largest business, Industrial Business Group. Prior to that
role, Roman was senior vice president, Strategy and Business
Development, where he was instrumental in establishing 3M’s future
strategic roadmap. As one of 3M’s early Lean Six Sigma leaders,
Roman knows the power of Lean Six Sigma to enhance customer and
company success.
Shin will lead critical global functional teams including
Research & Development, Strategy and Business Development,
Supply Chain Operations and Information Technology. Business
Transformation, which is enabling 3M to serve customers with even
greater agility and efficiency, will also be part of his
responsibilities. Since 2011, Shin has served as 3M’s executive
vice president, International Operations. Prior to this, he was
executive vice president, Industrial Business Group.
3M also announced that the Board of Directors waived the
mandatory retirement age of 65 years for Thulin.
Other leadership changes announced today, effective July 1,
2017, include the following:
- James Bauman, currently executive vice
president, Electronics & Energy Business Group, is appointed
executive vice president, Industrial Business Group.
- Julie Bushman, currently senior vice
president, Business Transformation & Information Technology, is
appointed executive vice president, International Operations.
- Eric Hammes, currently vice president,
corporate controller and chief accounting officer, is appointed
senior vice president, Business Transformation & Information
Technology.
- Dr. Ashish Khandpur, currently senior
vice president, Research & Development and chief technology
officer, is appointed executive vice president, Electronics &
Energy Business Group.
- Dr. John Banovetz, currently managing
director, DACH region (combined Germany, Austria, Switzerland), is
appointed senior vice president, Research & Development and
chief technology officer.
“3M has a deep bench of highly capable leaders who inspire our
people to achieve even greater success each and every day,” said
Thulin. “I have the utmost confidence in our ability to continue
building strength on strength and making 3M an even more
competitive enterprise.”
About 3MAt 3M, we apply science in collaborative ways to
improve lives daily. With $30 billion in sales, our 90,000
employees connect with customers all around the world. Learn more
about 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at
www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M or @3MNewsroom.
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