Weyerhaeuser Announces Changes to Senior Management Team
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Weyerhaeuser Co., Federal Way, Wash., USA, this week announced several changes to its senior management team. Larry Burrows, SVP, Wood Products, will retire on October 31. Cathy Slater has been named SVP, Oriented Strand Board, Engineered Lumber Products and Distribution, effective immediately. Adrian Blocker has been named SVP, Lumber, effective immediately. Weyerhaeuser also announced the retirement of Miles Drake, CTO and SVP Research and Development. Effective immediately, the company's R&D organization will report directly to Shaker Chandrasekaran, SVP, Cellulose Fibers.
Burrows has been Weyerhaeuser's SVP, Wood Products, since October 2010, and served as president of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Co. from 2008 to 2010. Prior to those roles, he held various leadership positions at Winchester Homes Inc., a subsidiary of WRECO, including president and EVP.
Slater brings more than 25 years of forest industry experience to her new role, including leadership positions in the company's Cellulose Fibers and Wood Products businesses. She has been Weyerhaeuser's VP, Oriented Strand Board since 2011. Prior to that, she held leadership roles in the company's Wood Products segment, including VP for both engineered wood products manufacturing and veneer technologies. Before joining the Wood Products team, she held positions in the company's Cellulose Fibers business, including leadership roles at the Flint River and Port Wentworth, Ga., pulp mills, and leadership oversight for the company's operations in Alberta, which included the pulp, timberlands, OSB, lumber, and engineered lumber.
Blocker brings more than 30 years of experience to his new role, including forestland management, fiber procurement, consumer packaging, and wood products manufacturing of lumber, plywood, and laminated veneer lumber. He joined Weyerhaeuser in May 2013 as VP, Lumber, and prior to that served as CEO of the Wood Products Council and chairman. During his paper industry career, Blocker has held leadership positions at West Fraser, International Paper, and Champion International, focused on forest management, fiber procurement, consumer packaging, strategic planning, business development, and manufacturing.
Both Slater and Blocker will report to Doyle Simons, president and CEO.
Drake has been Weyerhaeuser's SVP, Research and Development, and CTO since 2006. Prior to joining the company, he was VP, Research and Development and CTO of Air Products and Chemicals Inc. from 2001 to 2006 and held numerous other leadership positions with that company from 1986 to 2001.
Chandrasekaran has been Weyerhaeuser's SVP, Cellulose Fibers, since 2006. Prior to that, he was VP, Manufacturing, Cellulose Fibers, VP and mill manager at the Kamloops, British Columbia, Cellulose Fibers mill, and VP and mill manager at the Kingsport, Tenn., paper mill. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 2002 with the company's acquisition of Willamette Industries.
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