Solutia board names Quinn chairman, Hatfield lead director

By Caroline Salls

Pittsburgh, Feb. 27 - Solutia Inc.'s board of directors named president and chief executive officer Jeffry N. Quinn as its chairman, and former chairman Paul H. Hatfield as lead director, according to a company news release.

Quinn will continue as president and CEO.

Quinn joined Solutia in January 2003 and was general counsel, chief restructuring officer and corporate secretary before becoming president and chief executive officer in May 2004.

Before joining Solutia, Quinn held executive positions at Premcor Inc. and Arch Coal, Inc.

Solutia, a St. Louis-based manufacturer and provider of performance films, specialty chemicals and an integrated family of nylon products, filed for bankruptcy on Dec. 17, 2003 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Its Chapter 11 case number is 03-17949.

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