PEOPLE IN THE NEWS Cornerstone Building Brands announced that James Metcalf will retire as CEO. The move is effective Sept. 6 with Metcalf being succeeded Lee by Rose Lee as president and CEO. Metcalf will continue his role as executive chairman of the board, with Lee also joining the board of directors. Lee joined DuPont in 2015 as global business director, DuPont Kevlar and Aramid Intermediates. In 2016, she assumed the role of President, DuPont Protection Solutions and was named President, Safety & Construction in 2017. Prior to joining DuPont, Rose held senior leadership positions at Saint-Gobain in several general management
positions serving the construction, transportation, energy, and defense sectors, as strategy director and CIO of the North America region.
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Masonite, the interior and exterior door manufacturer, has appointed Clare Doyle as senior vice president, chief sustainability officer, and Vicky Philemon as senior vice president, general manager, Europe, both effective immediately Doyle joined Masonite as senior vice president, components in 2016 and has served as senior vice president, general manager, Europe since 2018. She
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previously held marketing leadership positions in the chemicals industry with Elementis plc and Rohm and Haas Company. Philemon was most recently managing director for Morphy Richards, a supplier of small appliances in the UK. She also previously served in senior sales and marketing roles at Stanley Black & Decker. Doyle and Philemon will report to Heckes. Specialty Building Products (SBP) announced that Chris Gerhard has joined the company’s executive leadership team. In the newly created role of executive vice Gerhard president, Gerhard will work with the existing management team to enhance the company’s customer and supplier relationships and to further accelerate the growth of the business. SBP’s operating brands include U.S. Lumber, Alexandria Moulding, and Midwest Lumber. Over the last decade, he has served as vice president of sales for Trex Company where he maintained various responsibilities, including management of product launches, strategic customer negotiations, distribution strategy, and the Trex sales team. Fortress Building Products has added industry veteran Jim Plank to its sales team. As Director, Channel Sales, Plank will employ Plank market strategies to identify and secure product specifications in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector. Plank began his professional career over two decades ago with Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Since then, he has held
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