FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Dianne Carmody, Americas Marketing Director
Houghton International
(610) 666-4086
dianne.carmody@houghtonintl.com
Keller Arnold Joins Houghton International as Chief Financial Officer
VALLEY FORGE, Pa., October 20, 2014 — Houghton International, a global leader in
metalworking fluids and services, announces the appointment of Keller Arnold as chief financial
officer. Ms. Arnold brings over 25 years of experience and leadership in corporate accounting,
audit and finance in global manufacturing organizations.
Ms. Arnold will be responsible for providing strategic and operational direction to Houghton’s
accounting, finance, budgeting, treasury, shared services, and tax departments. She will report to
Paul DeVivo, CEO, and will join the executive management team to participate in the
development of strategic financial plans and operating policies and procedures to achieve
corporate objectives and targets.
Prior to joining Houghton, Ms. Arnold served as CFO of Physiotherapy Associates, the largest
stand-alone outpatient physical therapy business in the U.S. Prior to that role, she held a wide
variety of management and leadership positions at General Electric and Tyco International. As
CFO of Tyco Flow Control, she helped develop significant revenue growth and compliance
standards, and as VP of corporate financial planning and analysis, she helped lead the largest taxfree spin in U.S. corporate history as well as many complex international business acquisitions
and divestitures. At GE, Ms. Arnold served as staff executive to the vice chairman, instituting
significant financial improvements across the global multi-industry corporation. Prior to that
position, she held key financial roles at a series of GE companies, rising to CFO of GE Silicones,
where she supported a variety of global business acquisitions and turnarounds. She is a graduate
of the University of Alabama and several corporate financial, management and leadership
training programs.
“Keller will be a valuable addition to our leadership team at Houghton,” said DeVivo. “Her
impressive experience with financial strategies, controls and improvements in global
manufacturing businesses like Houghton make her the ideal candidate to move our organization
forward and help us achieve our corporate objectives.”
About Houghton International Inc.
Since 1865, Houghton International Inc. has been serving the metalworking, aluminum and steel
industries, along with a variety of other markets including the offshore oil exploration, metal
finishing and surface treatment industries, with the development and production of specialty
chemicals, oils and lubricants. Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Houghton operates
manufacturing and research facilities throughout the world. The company continues to focus on
expanding its customer service operations and worldwide facilities. Visit www.houghtonintl.com
and www.twitter.com/houghtonintl.
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Houghton International, Inc.
Madison & Van Buren Aves.
P.O. Box 930
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0930