PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) announced today that Dr.
Karen Totland, vice president,
Procurement, Sustainability and Global Facilities, has been
appointed to the newly created role of vice president and chief
sustainability officer (CSO). Thaisa Hugenneyer, director of
Business Process Transformation, has been elected vice president,
Procurement and Global Facilities. Totland and Hugenneyer
will report to Mark Douglas,
president and CEO. Both roles are effective January 1, 2021.
Chief Sustainability Officer
"Sustainability at FMC has made great progress under Karen's
leadership since 2013, with award-winning programming, aggressive
goals, and expanded commitments for reporting and engagement," said
Mark Douglas, FMC president and
CEO. "Establishing an Office of the CSO led by a seasoned
executive is an important step in broadening FMC's Environmental,
Social and Governance (ESG) efforts and further elevating
sustainability across every facet of our company. Corporate
Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Product Stewardship,
Government Affairs, Industry Affairs, Corporate Philanthropy and
Corporate Social Responsibility will be integrated under one,
unified organization."
Totland joined FMC in 2010 and previously worked at leading
fragrance and flavor company Firmenich. She holds a Ph.D. in
chemistry from the University of Ottawa
and conducted post-doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. She currently serves as chairperson of the
American Red Cross Eastern Pennsylvania Region Board of
Directors.
Procurement and Global Facilities
Hugenneyer currently leads a multi-year Business Process
Modernization (BPM) effort that includes upgrading the FMC
enterprise-wide financial reporting system to SAP's new S/4HANA
platform.
"Thaisa has been an exceptional leader, successfully guiding one
of the most complex systems and process transformation initiatives
in our company's history," said Douglas. "She is ideally
suited to lead our Procurement and Global Facilities organizations,
having spent a majority of her career in a variety of global,
regional and business procurement roles prior to leading the BPM
effort. I am pleased to welcome her to the FMC executive team
and look forward to her leadership."
Hugenneyer joined FMC in 2011 and held numerous roles of
increasing responsibility in the Procurement function. She
led an SAP initiative in 2017 related to the divestiture of FMC's
Lithium and Health and Nutrition businesses prior to leading the
company's business process transformation. Hugenneyer
previously worked in a variety of Procurement and project
management roles at Rohm and Haas Company and DuPont. She
earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Maua
University in Brazil and an MBA
from Drexel University.
About FMC
FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides
innovative solutions to growers around the world with a robust
product portfolio fueled by a market-driven discovery and
development pipeline in crop protection, plant health, and
professional pest and turf management. This powerful combination of
advanced technologies includes leading insect control products
based on Rynaxypyr® and Cyazypyr® active
ingredients; Authority®, Boral®,
Centium®, Command® and
Gamit® branded herbicides;
Talstar® and Hero® branded
insecticides; and flutriafol-based fungicides. The FMC portfolio
also includes biologicals such as Quartzo® and
Presence® bionematicides. FMC Corporation employs
approximately 6,400 employees around the globe. To learn more,
please visit www.fmc.com.
FMC, the FMC logo, Rynaxypyr, Cyazypyr, Authority, Boral,
Centium, Command, Gamit, Talstar, Hero, Quartzo and Presence are
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Products listed here may not be registered for sale or use in all
states, countries or jurisdictions. Hero® insecticide is a
restricted use pesticide in the United
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