Federal Way, Wa., USA - June 17, 2013, Federal Way, Wa., USA - Weyerhaeuser Company, a private owners of timberlands, announced it has elected Doyle R. Simons as president and chief executive officer, effective August 1, 2013.
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Mr. Simons will be engaged as CEO Elect effective immediately. Mr. Simons was chairman and chief executive officer of Temple-Inland from 2008 until February 2012 when it was acquired by International Paper. Mr. Doyle joined Temple-Inland in 1992 serving in various capacities, including corporate attorney, Director of Investor Relations, Vice President of Administration, Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President. Prior to joining Temple-Inland, he was in private practice with Hutcheson and Grundy, L.L.P. in Houston.
Mr. Simons serves on the Board of Directors of Fiserv, Inc., American Forest & Paper Association and is a member of the Texas Governor's Business Council.
Mr. Simons holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Baylor University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from The University of Texas at Austin. He has served on the Weyerhaeuser board of directors since June 2012. Mr. Simons succeeds Dan Fulton, who turns 65 this year and will be retiring as planned.
Effective August 1, Mr. Fulton will serve as executive vice chairman of the Weyerhaeuser board of directors until his retirement in October 2013.
Mr. Fulton was named president of Weyerhaeuser Company on January 1, 2008, and became chief executive officer on April 17, 2008. From 2001 to 2008, he served as president and chief executive officer of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company.
Prior to that, he was president and chief executive officer of Weyerhaeuser Realty Investors, Inc. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1975. Mr. Fulton graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Miami University (Ohio) in 1970. He received a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Washington in 1976, and he completed the Stanford University Executive Program in 2001. ■