Celanese CFO Steven Sterin Resigns; Interim CFO Named

(RTTNews) - Celanese Corp. (CE), a technology and specialty materials company, announced the resignation of Steven Sterin as its chief financial officer or CFO. In turn, Chris Jensen, senior vice president, finance and chief accounting officer, would serve as the firm's interim CFO.

In 2005, Chris joined Celanese and has held leadership roles in Finance including treasurer, controller and assistant controller. In addition to interim CFO role, he would continue as senior vice president, finance and chief accounting officer, where he has global responsibility for Tax, Treasury, Accounting, SEC reporting and Financial Shared Services.

Before joining Celanese, Chris worked in the Inspections and Registration unit of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Also, he spent thirteen years at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in both the assurance and mergers and acquisitions groups.