Scott A. Tozier Elected CFO of Albemarle

Albemarle has elected Scott A. Tozier as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Tozier will assume responsibility for all financial and fiscal management aspects of the company's operations on February 1, 2011.

Tozier has over 20 years of diversified international financial management experience. Following four years of assurance services with the international firm Ernst & Young , Tozier joined Honeywell International, where his 16-year career spanned senior financial positions in the United States, Asia Pacific and Europe. His increasingly progressive roles included management of financial planning, analysis and reporting; global credit and treasury services and chief financial officer of Honeywell's Transportation Systems, Turbo Technologies, Building Solutions and Process Solutions divisions. Most recently, Tozier served as vice president of Finance, Transformation and Operations of Honeywell International. He led a team of over 300 employees around the world and was responsible for the company's global financial shared services and best practices management.