HOUSTON, Aug. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MRC Global Inc.
(NYSE: MRC) announced today that Robert "Bob" L. Wood has joined
MRC Global's Board of Directors.
Mr. Wood brings 30 years of global chemical industry experience
and insight as well as more than 25 years of public company board
experience to MRC Global.
Mr. Wood spent 26 years in a variety of sales, marketing and
management roles within the Dow Chemical organization and
ultimately became the Business Group President of the Thermosets
and Dow Automotive Group. This $5.5 billion business portfolio included
Polyurethanes, Propylene Oxide/Propylene Glycol, Polyurethanes
Systems Houses, Epoxy Products and Intermediates as well as Dow
Automotive. In this role, Mr. Wood was named to Dow's Corporate
Operating Board, which was charged with setting corporate strategy
and establishing corporate policies. Prior to that, Mr. Wood was
the Global Vice President of Polyurethanes and Global Vice
President of Engineered Plastics.
From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Wood was Chairman, President and CEO of
Crompton Corporation (merged with Great Lakes Chemical to become
Chemtura Corporation in 2005), a global, specialty chemicals
company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Euronext
Paris.
Mr. Wood is a director of Praxair, the largest industrial gas
distribution company in North and South
America, and the Jarden Corporation, a global consumer
products company with a diverse portfolio of over 120
market-leading brands. He is currently the Chairman of the
United States Gymnastics Foundation and has recently been added to
the U.S. Olympic Committee's board of directors. Mr. Wood is
also involved with Big Brothers and Sisters of America, where he
has previously served as the national chairman.
"I am proud to welcome Bob to our Board," Andrew R. Lane, MRC Global Chairman, President
& CEO, said. "His ability to succeed in difficult markets and
background in leading large, global businesses in the chemical
industry will strengthen our board as the global chemical market is
a strategic growth area for our company."
As a newly elected member of the Board of Directors, Mr. Wood
will serve on its Compensation Committee.
About MRC Global Inc.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, MRC Global, a Fortune 500
company, is the largest global distributor, based on sales, of
pipe, valves, and fittings (PVF) and related products and services
to the energy industry and supplies these products and services
across each of the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors. More
information about MRC Global can be found
at www.mrcglobal.com.
Contact:
Monica
Broughton
Investor
Relations
MRC Global
Inc.
Monica.Broughton@mrcglobal.com
832-308-2847
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