Midland, MI - November 04, 2009
The Dow Chemical Company announced today that Ron Edmonds, Vice President and Assistant Controller, has been named Vice President and Controller for the Company, replacing William H. Weideman, who has assumed the role of interim Chief Financial Officer. Edmonds will report to Weideman in his new role.
"Ron's broad financial expertise and in-depth understanding of internal controls, compliance and governance – both inside and outside of our Company – makes him an ideal leader to assume this role. I am delighted that Ron has accepted this key leadership position," said Weideman.
Edmonds joined Dow in Midland in 1992 in the Corporate Audit Department as the Latin America audit manager and was transferred to Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1993. In 1994, he transferred to the Controllers Department as the Latin America controller for payables accounting. In 1997, Ron transferred to Midland and was named global payables controller. In 1998 he led the merger of the payables accounting and purchasing work processes into the Purchasing function and was named the leader of the global procurement service center. He was named global accounting director in 2001.
Edmonds was appointed Business Finance Vice President for Performance Plastics & Chemicals and Market Facing Businesses in 2007 and was named Vice President and Assistant Controller in July 2009.
Edmonds is a CPA and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, and Financial Executives International. Previous to joining Dow, he worked for Chiquita Brands International, The Upjohn Company (currently Pfizer), and Arthur Anderson & Co.
Edmonds holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Western Michigan University. He has also completed the Advanced Management Programme course at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
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