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Manufacturing 2023: ANDY GIRVIN
Virginia 500 August 29, 2024

Manufacturing 2024: ANDY GIRVIN

Girvin manages the largest factory for chemical manufacturer AdvanSix, which boasts approximately 750 workers. In 1994, he joined Honeywell as a project engineer, working as global asset manager for its resin and chemicals division, which was spun off into AdvanSix in 2016. In spring 2023, Girvin faced challenges, including nearly half of the AdvanSix Hopewell […]

Manufacturing 2023: THOMAS E. ‘TEDDY’ GOTTWALD
Virginia 500 August 29, 2024

Manufacturing 2024: THOMAS E. ‘TEDDY’ GOTTWALD

Gottwald joined NewMarket, parent company of Afton Chemical and Ethyl, in 1984 and worked in its petroleum additives and former plastics businesses before succeeding his father, Bruce, as chairman of the board two decades later. NewMarket traces its roots to Ethyl Gasoline Corp., a company acquired in 1962 by Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Co., which was […]

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Virginia 500 August 29, 2024

Manufacturing 2024: KOEN KNIPPENBERG

In June, Knippenberg began his new role as Volvo’s senior vice president in North America for Group Truck Operations (GTO), a position in which he oversees four vehicle assembly plants: Volvo’s New River Valley plant in Dublin; two Mack Trucks factories in Roanoke County and Pennsylvania; and a heavy-duty truck plant under construction in Mexico. […]

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Virginia 500 August 29, 2024

Banking | Finance 2024: VIKRAM ‘VIK’ ATAL

PRA Group, a global business that acquires and collects on nonperforming loans, reported a net loss of $83.5 million in fiscal 2023, after reporting a net income of $117.1 million in 2022.  In a letter to shareholders about 2023 numbers, Atal, explained that when he was named CEO in March 2023, his goal was to […]

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Virginia 500 August 29, 2024

Professional Services 2024: JEREMY BLANK

With nearly three decades under his belt at Deloitte, Blank was promoted in January from head of the Big Four global accounting firm’s Greater Washington market to a national role as U.S. tax chief strategy officer. In his new job, Blank oversees services for national and global tax clients, including specializations such as tax planning, […]

Telecommunications 2023: MATTHEW J. DESCH
Virginia 500 August 29, 2024

Telecommunications 2024: MATTHEW J. DESCH

Desch joined Iridium as CEO in 2006, took the company public in 2009 and subsequently replaced its first-generation network with new satellites that are expected to last into the mid-to-late 2030s. Iridium has been inventing new services and finding new partners since. In April, the global satellite communications company acquired Reston-based Satelles, a provider of […]

Retail | Wholesale | Food | Beverage 2023: MICHAEL SEVER
Virginia 500 August 29, 2024

Retail 2024: MICHAEL SEVER

Sever, a longtime Hershey employee, was named plant manager of the candymaker’s Stuarts Draft manufacturing facility in 2022. He had previously been site operations leader at the facility, which produces nut-based candies like Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Almond Joy. The plant, which opened in 1982, is the second largest of Hershey’s seven manufacturing sites. […]

Transportation 2023: WILLIAM E. ‘BILL’ WOODHOUR
Virginia 500 August 29, 2024

Transportation 2024: WILLIAM E. ‘BILL’ WOODHOUR

A University of Delaware alumnus, Woodhour has devoted 32 years to Maersk Line, rising to president and CEO in 2016. Headquartered in Virginia with offices in Norfolk and Dulles, Maersk is the U.S. arm of Danish shipping giant A.P. Møller-Mærsk and has the largest U.S. flag fleet in commercial service. The company was in the […]

Manufacturing 2023: JON MOORE
Virginia 500 August 29, 2024

Manufacturing 2024: JON MOORE

Since 2019, Moore has served as president and CEO of tobacco products manufacturer Philip Morris USA, maker of Marlboro cigarettes. He has worked under parent company Altria Group since 2003, serving as vice president of its heated tobacco products division and director of marketing for NuMark, Altria’s early e-vapor subsidiary started in 2013. Today, he […]

Manufacturing 2023: ASHLEY B. SMITH
Virginia 500 August 29, 2024

Manufacturing 2024: JOHN M. STEITZ

In 2019, Steitz was named president and CEO of plastic films and aluminum extrusions manufacturer Tredegar, a 1989 spinoff of Richmond fuel additives company Ethyl. Steitz had served on Tredegar’s board of directors since 2017 while also serving as CEO of polymer additives supplier Addivant, which merged with SI Group in 2018. He was also […]

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