HOUSTON, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennzoil-Quaker State Company (NYSE: PZL)
announced today that Thomas P. Kellagher has joined the company as senior vice
president, business development. He will report directly to James J. Postl,
president and chief operating officer. Kellagher will focus on strategic
planning, building best practice business processes and acquisitions.
Kellagher has 15 years of experience in strategic planning, merger and
acquisitions, economic analysis and energy industry consulting with McKinsey &
Company and Wright Killen & Company in Houston. He also worked for Gulf Oil
Company in Philadelphia and Houston from 1978 until 1984 in refining and
marketing.
Kellagher holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from
Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Drexel University.
"Tom has a wealth of experience in key areas that will greatly benefit the
new Pennzoil-Quaker State Company," said Postl. "We have all the fundamentals
in place for growth; with Tom's help, we can build the company and foster an
increasingly effective consumer-oriented culture."
Pennzoil-Quaker State is a leading worldwide automotive consumer products
company that markets Pennzoil(R) and Quaker State(R) brand motor oils, the
number one and number two selling motor oils in the United States. Jiffy
Lube, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pennzoil-Quaker State, is the world's
largest fast oil change operator and franchiser. Pennzoil-Quaker State also
markets a complete line of automotive car care products including Axius(TM)
auto accessories, Black Magic(R) and Westley's(R) tire and wheel care
products, Blue Coral(R) and Classic(R) waxes and washes, Gumout(R), Snap(R)
and The Outlaw(R) maintenance chemicals, Medo(R) air fresheners, Rain-X(R)
glass treatments, and Slick 50(R) engine treatments.
SOURCE Pennzoil-Quaker State Company
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Related links:
http://www.pennzoil-quakerstate.com
CONTACT:
Ray Scippa of Pennzoil-Quaker State Company,
713-546-8942
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