Broomfield, Colo., USA - November 6, 2012, Broomfield, Colo., USA - Ball Corporation, a supplier of packaging for beverage, food and household products customers, announced that Raymond J. Seabrook, executive vice president and COO, global packaging operations, will retire at the end of 2012.
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Mr. Seabrook has been an Executive Vice President of Ball Corp. since April 26, 2006 and Chief Operating Officer of Global Packaging Operations since January 1, 2010. Mr. Seabrook served as Chief Financial Officer of Ball Corporation since April 2000 until January 1, 2010 and also served as its Principal Accounting Officer until January 1, 2010. Mr. Seabrook served as Senior Vice President of Ball Corporation from April 2000 to April 26, 2006.
At Ball Corporation he served as Senior Vice President of Finance from April 1998 to April 2000; Vice President of Planning and Control from 1996 to 1998; Vice President and Treasurer from 1992 to 1996; Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ball Packaging Products Canada, Inc., from 1988 to 1992. He served as the Vice President of Financial Control of Onex Packaging and American Can Canada from 1985 to 1988 and Coopers and Lybrand in Toronto, Canada, and London, England from 1976 to 1985.
Mr. Seabrook has been Director of Andersen Corporation since 2004. Mr. Seabrook holds Canadian Chartered Accountant designation and Bachelor's degree in Business from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario in 1975 and also a Certificate in Architecture from Humber College, Toronto, Ontario in 1972.
Two Ball and packaging industry veterans, Gerrit Heske and Michael Feldser, have been named to succeed Seabrook and lead the company's global metal packaging businesses.
Mr. Heske, formerly president of Ball Packaging Europe, will become senior vice president of Ball Corporation and chief operating officer, global metal beverage packaging.
Mr. Heske will be responsible for leading Ball's metal beverage packaging businesses in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Mr. Heske joined the company in 1993 in the Braunschweig, Germany, technical center and held numerous manufacturing leadership roles over the next 15 years before becoming executive vice president and chief operating officer of Ball's European packaging operations in 2008. He became president of Ball Packaging Europe in 2009.
Mr. Feldser, who has led Ball's food and household products packaging division, Americas, since 2007, will become senior vice president of Ball Corporation and chief operating officer, global metal food and household products packaging.
Mr. Feldser will lead Ball's metal food and household packaging products businesses globally, including the company's Ball Aerocan extruded aluminum packaging businesses around the world and Ball's food, aerosol and specialty packaging operations in North America.
He joined Ball in 2006 as president of the company's aerosol and specialty packaging business. Mr. Feldser has worked in the packaging industry for more than 30 years, including senior leadership roles in metal food, beverage and aerosol packaging companies.
Colin Gillis will succeed Mr. Heske as president Ball Packaging Europe.
Mr. Gillis led Ball's beverage packaging businesses in South America and Asia to significant growth as president of Latapack-Ball Embalagens, Ltda., Ball's beverage packaging joint venture in Brazil, and prior to that, president of Ball Asia Pacific, Ltd. During his 39-year career with the company, Mr. Gillis has also managed Ball beverage and food packaging manufacturing plants in the United States and Canada.
Tony Barnett will succeed Mr. Gillis as president of Ball's metal beverage packaging joint venture in Brazil, Latapack-Ball Embalagens, Ltda. ■