Murray R. Deal is the new Vice President and Managing Director, Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Region for Eastman Chemical Company. He succeeds Jennifer Stewart, who has been appointed as Eastman's Vice President, Market Development and Innovation, recently. Deal is a native of Slidell, Louisiana. USA. He holds a B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Tennessee and an M.B.A. from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Deal joined Eastman in 1980 and has held many positions of increasing responsibility in financial, research, innovation, sales, marketing, and business organizations of the company. He has also led chemical and polymers businesses in Europe. Prior to his current position, he was Eastman's Vice President of Talent Development. Mr. Deal, who was previously Vice President, Talent Development and based in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA, will relocate to The Netherlands