Schweitzer Names New Chairman

Source from:  Tobaccoreporter.com Nov 12, 2008 11/14/2008

Wayne H. Deitrich will retire as chairman and CEO of Schweitzer-Mauduit International Inc. on Dec. 31, 2008. Frederic Villoutreix will become chairman CEO on Jan. 1, 2009. Deitrich has served as Schweitzer-Mauduit's chairman and CEO since the company's 1995 spin-off from Kimberly-Clark Corporation. He joined Kimberly-Clark in 1970 and held various operations positions and mill manager assignments as well as managing the commercialization of new products. Beginning in 1987, Dietrich was promoted to positions of increased responsibility including vice president, North American Pulp and Paper Sector, president of Neenah Paper, president of the Paper Sector, and president of the Specialty Products business units in the United States and France. Villoutreix joined Schweitzer-Mauduit on December 7, 2005, was elected chief operating officer on Feb. 1, 2006 and served as interim president, French Operations from December 2006 to June 2007. He was elected to the board of directors in June 2007 and relocated to the U.S. in June, 2008. Previously, he was employed by Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, a leading French multinational producer and distributor of engineered materials, where he had worked since 1990. Commenting on the choice of his successor, Dietrich said, "Since joining Schweitzer-Mauduit, Frederic has demonstrated that he can successfully manage our operations and is prepared and ready to assume the total leadership of our company as chairman of the board and chief executive officer." Enditem