FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) announced today that Brian Blair, deputy treasurer, has been elected vice president and treasurer, effective November 1, 2020. He will report to Andrew Sandifer, executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Blair will assume the treasurer responsibilities from Brian Angeli, vice president, Corporate Strategy, who has also served as treasurer since 2018. Angeli has been named vice president, Corporate Strategy and Precision Agriculture. He will focus exclusively on leading FMC Ventures, Precision Agriculture, Corporate Strategy and Development and related initiatives that are accelerating the company's long-term growth.
"Brian Blair is a seasoned finance leader who brings exceptional experience to the treasurer role," said Mark Douglas, FMC president and chief executive officer. "I'm pleased to have him join the executive team and look forward to his guidance and leadership of the FMC Treasury group."
Blair joined FMC in 2010 as Corporate Finance manager and has held roles of increasing responsibility in the Treasury function. He was most recently named deputy treasurer in 2018. Prior to FMC, Blair was a derivatives consultant at Chatham Financial, and served as a nuclear submarine officer in the U.S. Navy from 1997 to 2005. Blair earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and holds an MBA from Boston University.
About FMC
FMC Corporation, an agricultural sciences company, provides innovative solutions to growers around the world with a robust product portfolio fueled by a market-driven discovery and development pipeline in crop protection, plant health, and professional pest and turf management. This powerful combination of advanced technologies includes leading insect control products based on Rynaxypyr® and Cyazypyr® active ingredients; Authority®, Boral®, Centium®, Command® and Gamit® branded herbicides; Talstar® and Hero® branded insecticides; and flutriafol-based fungicides. The FMC portfolio also includes biologicals such as Quartzo® and Presence® bionematicides. FMC Corporation employs approximately 6,400 employees around the globe. To learn more, please visit www.fmc.com.
