What Happened?
Covington, KY-based Ashland has promoted Susan B. Esler to Chief Human Resources Officer.
About the Company
Ashland is a global leader in providing specialty chemical solutions to customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including adhesives, architectural coatings, automotive, construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care and pharmaceutical. Through our three business units – Ashland Specialty Ingredients, Ashland Performance Materials and Valvoline – we service our customers in more than 100 countries.
About the Person
Ms. Esler, 52, assumed leadership of both the human resources and corporate communications functions of Ashland in 2006. She is responsible for the global management of all aspects of human resources, including talent management and development, compensation and benefits, and labor and employee relations. Her communications responsibilities include corporate and financial communications, public relations and business-to-business marketing communications. She joined Ashland in 1999 as manager, executive compensation. She was promoted in 2001 to director, corporate human resources, and in 2002, to vice president, human resources programs and services. In 2004, she became vice president, human resources, and in 2006, communications and corporate affairs were added to her responsibilities. She was named to her current position of vice president and chief human resources and communications officer in 2011. Immediately prior to joining Ashland, Esler served as senior director of compensation, benefits and HRIS for PepsiCo Food Systems. She held various HR leadership roles within the PepsiCo organization starting in1990. Esler has also been employed as a compensation consultant with Mercer and started her working career at Dow Chemical as an HR specialist. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Esler is a graduate of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and earned her master's degree in business administration from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. She currently serves on the board of trustees of the Cincinnati Museum Center and on the advisory board of the Cincinnati Children's Museum. She also serves on the steering committee of SOAR, a women's leadership organization.
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