BFS Diversified Products, LLC
Announces Chief Financial Officer Appointment
CARMEL, Ind. (January 8, 2002)
- BFS Diversified Products, LLC (BFDP) today announced that Wayne Hunter,
52, has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer effective December
1, 2001. In this position, Hunter reports to BFDP's Chairman, CEO and
President, Robert McNally.
Prior to his appointment as CFO, Hunter served as Controller
of BFDP's Firestone Building Products division since 1996. He began
his career with the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company as a junior
accountant at the Oklahoma City tire plant in 1971. He held positions
of increasing responsibility at that facility and, in 1992, was appointed
Controller of Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.'s Wilson, N. C. tire plant
(Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. was the successor to Firestone).
"We are very pleased that Wayne has accepted this
position," said McNally. "He will be a tremendous asset to
BFDP as we work to establish our company's new structure and position
it as one of the premier organizations in the Bridgestone/Firestone
group of companies."
BFS Diversified Products LLC, based in Carmel, Indiana,
is one of several newly established subsidiaries of Bridgestone/Firestone
Americas Holding, Inc., and is the result of a reorganization of Bridgestone/Firestone,
Inc. in 2001. BFDP is responsible for the non-tire businesses in the
Americas formerly owned and operated by Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.,
including the building and industrial products, synthetic and natural
rubber, and fiber and textile businesses. BFDP's businesses lead their
industries in innovation and market share.
Nashville-based Bridgestone/Firestone Americas Holding,
Inc. is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest
tire and rubber company. Bridgestone/Firestone, through its subsidiaries,
develops, manufactures, and markets Bridgestone, Firestone, Dayton and
associate and private brand tires. The companies also produce Firestone
air springs, roofing materials, synthetic rubber, and industrial fibers
and textiles.
