CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Albemarle
Corporation (NYSE: ALB), a leader in the global specialty chemicals
industry, announced today that it has named Ellen Lenny-Pessagno as Chile Country Manager,
effective Oct. 1, 2018. In this role,
Lenny-Pessagno is responsible for representing the company in
Chile, supporting the execution of
the corporate strategy, and leading all government and community
engagement. As Albemarle looks to
expand its assets and operations in South
America, her role will develop to include those areas as
well.
Lenny-Pessagno joins Albemarle
as a prominent leader in her field, with over 25 years of
international business and trade development experience as a former
member of the Senior Foreign Service. Prior to her appointment with
Albemarle, she served as a
commercial diplomat in multiple U.S. Embassies, including as
Regional Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in
Bogota, Colombia, where she was
responsible for the development of U.S. commercial strategy and
export related programs in five Andean countries. Previously,
Lenny-Pessagno served as Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the
U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile,
where she excelled in advocating for U.S. firms and assisting them
to close deals and grow their market share. Lenny-Pessagno also
drove policy and regulatory changes and supported U.S. firms to
develop the largest solar energy plants in Latin America, resulting in a dramatic
increase of renewables in the Chilean power grid. Lenny-Pessagno's
wealth of experience will build upon Albemarle's continued global sustainability
efforts.
"We are pleased to welcome Ellen to Albemarle," said Eric
Norris, Albemarle's
President, Lithium. "Ellen's extensive experience in building
collaborative partnerships with public and private constituencies
within Chile will strengthen our
growing footprint in the country and allow us to execute our
corporate strategy in a manner consistent with our Core Values and
shareholder expectations."
Lenny-Pessagno's global career also includes diplomatic
assignments at the U.S. Embassies in Madrid, Spain, and Buenos Aires, Argentina; the U.S. Consulate
General in Monterrey, Mexico; and
in the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, and Houston, Texas. She holds a BS in Business
Administration from Wake Forest
University and a Master's Degree in International Commerce
and Policy from George Mason University. In 2017, she
participated in the top Senior Executive Management program in
Chile, at the ESE Business School
of the University of Los Andes.
About Albemarle
Albemarle Corporation
(NYSE: ALB), headquartered in Charlotte,
NC, is a global specialty chemicals company with leading
positions in lithium, bromine and refining catalysts. We power the
potential of companies in many of the world's largest and most
critical industries, from energy and communications to
transportation and electronics. Working side-by-side with our
customers, we develop value-added, customized solutions that make
them more competitive. Our solutions combine the finest technology
and ingredients with the knowledge and know-how of our highly
experienced and talented team of operators, scientists and
engineers.
Discovering and implementing new and better performance-based
sustainable solutions is what motivates all of us. We think beyond
business-as-usual to drive innovations that create lasting value.
Albemarle employs approximately
5,400 people and serves customers in approximately 100 countries.
We regularly post information to www.albemarle.com, including
notification of events, news, financial performance, investor
presentations and webcasts, non-GAAP reconciliations, SEC filings
and other information regarding our company, its businesses and the
markets it serves.
"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release
regarding Albemarle Corporation's business that are not historical
facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and
uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties,
which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in
the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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