PHILADELPHIA, July 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Crown Holdings,
Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that manufacturing industry
executive Rose Lee has been elected
to the Company's Board of Directors. The Board now has 13
members.
Ms. Lee is President, DuPont Protection Solutions, a global
business segment of E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company (NYSE: DD),
which includes four business units with 15 manufacturing sites, 4
joint ventures and 5,000 employees worldwide. The segment
manufactures and distributes notable DuPont brands such as Tyvek®,
Kevlar® and Corian®.
Prior to joining DuPont in 2015, Ms. Lee spent 15 years with
Saint-Gobain in a number of general management, strategic planning
and information technology roles, each with increasing
responsibility. Most recently, she served as Vice President,
Innovative Materials Sector between 2010 and 2015. Prior to
joining Saint-Gobain, she held various engineering and management
positions at Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies company,
where she worked on projects ranging from implementing lean
manufacturing to designing a 3-D turbine for aircraft jet
engines. She was also a senior consultant at Booz, Allen
& Hamilton in New York
City.
Ms. Lee earned her Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering
at Cornell University, a Master of
Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of
Business Administration from Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. She served as a member of the Economic Advisory
Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Inc. and is a member of the
Forum of Executive Women in Philadelphia.
John W. Conway, Chairman of the
Board, commented, "We are very pleased to welcome Rose to the
Board. In addition to extensive general management experience
and proven leadership abilities, Rose brings to the Company a deep
knowledge of operations, engineering and technology as well as a
broad global perspective."
About Crown Holdings, Inc.
Crown Holdings, Inc.,
through its subsidiaries, is a leading supplier of packaging
products to consumer marketing Companies around the world. World
headquarters are located in Philadelphia,
PA. For more information, visit www.crowncork.com.
For more information, contact: Thomas T.
Fischer, Vice President Investor Relations and Corporate
Affairs; Tel: (215) 552-3720; Email:
thomas.fischer@crowncork.com
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