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KODAK POLYCHROME
GRAPHICS NAMES JEFFREY A. COOK VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Norwalk, Connecticut, USA – Jeff Jacobson, Chief Executive Officer
of Kodak Polychrome Graphics, has announced that Jeffrey A. Cook has been
named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Cook also will be a
member of the Leadership Team and an officer of the company.
Cook will be responsible for all the company's financial operations
and corporate development functions including accounting, reporting, tax,
treasury, cash management, internal audit, planning/forecasting, and capital
spending. He also will ensure the company has appropriate financial staffing
worldwide, maintain functional performance standards, and initiate appropriate
professional development programs.
"We are very pleased to have a financial professional of Jeff's
caliber and experience join our senior management team," says Jacobson.
"He will not only lead our worldwide financial function but also
be a key contributor to the development of our annual business plan and
long term corporate strategy."
Cook was most recently the Vice President, Finance, of Moore North America, a $1.4 billion U.S. and Canadian producer of forms, labels, equipment, and digital technology/e-commerce based in Lake Forest, Illinois. He began his 25-year career with General Electric Company (GE) and completed GE's Financial Management Program. Over the next 17 years, he progressed through positions of increasing responsibility, including three years with GE's global traveling audit staff; Chief Financial Officer, GE Consulting Services, Inc.; Vice President, Finance, GE Government Services; and Vice President, Finance, Lockheed Martin Services Group (formerly GE Aerospace). He subsequently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bechtel Systems and Infrastructure Inc.
Cook earned a B.A. degree in Economics and Financial Management from Hope College in Holland, Michigan.
Kodak Polychrome Graphics provides one of the broadest product and solutions portfolios available in the graphic arts industry today, including a wide range of conventional lithographic plates and thermal plates for computer to plate solutions, Kodak branded graphic arts films, and digital proofing products. With headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA, and regional offices in the United States, Europe, Japan, Asia Pacific and Latin America, Kodak Polychrome Graphics serves over 130,000 customers in more than 100 countries.