Infineum Announce New VP Supply

Tom Dance Retires From Infineum

Infineum have announced that Trevor Russell will become Vice President Supply, replacing Tom Dance who will retire from Infineum. In his new capacity Russell will have global responsibility for Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement and Health & Safety activities.

Trevor Russell held the position of VP Speciality Lubricant Additives at the start-up of Infineum before becoming VP Sales in 2001. More recently he has been working on a special assignment of shaping the organization’s medium-term strategy.

He will take up his new role in August to ensure a smooth transition with Tom Dance who will retire in October.

Dance joined Exxon Chemical in 1976 and held various positions working in New Jersey, Houston and Canada until he became Manufacturing Vice President of the Paramins organization prior to working on the organization and start-up of Infineum. At start-up Dance held the position of Vice President Asia-Pacific working out of Infineum’s offices in Singapore, he then moved back to Linden, New Jersey in 2001 taking up the VP Supply role.

Notes to editors

The Infineum Group of Companies is a world-class petroleum additives enterprise. With headquarters in Milton Hill, UK, Infineum is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of lubricant additives used primarily in automotive, heavy-duty diesel and marine engines, and additives for gasoline and diesel fuels. Its customers are oil companies and other lubricant and fuel marketers. The Infineum product line also includes specialty additives for automotive transmission fluids, and gear and industrial oils. For more information visit the Infineum Web site at http://www.infineum.com.

For more information, contact:

Europe, Africa, Middle East:

Malcolm Rose
Tel: +44 (0)1235 549 509

The Americas

Judy Donovan
Tel: +1 908 474 6705

Asia Pacific

Karen Woon
Tel: +65 6895 6887