FMC Announces Appointment of Rasmus Gerdeman to Lead Lithium Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy

PHILADELPHIA, May 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- FMC Corporation (NYSE: FMC) today announced that Rasmus Gerdeman will lead Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy for FMC Lithium.  He reports to Paul Graves, who previously was announced CEO of the Lithium business upon its planned IPO in October.

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Gerdeman will direct the IR function for the new Lithium company, as well as oversee Lithium's corporate strategy initiatives, including long-range planning, mergers and acquisitions and related enterprise priorities.

He brings nearly 20 years of experience in finance and investment advisory services in the chemicals and mining sectors.  Gerdeman was most recently the managing director of Strategic Communications and Corporate Finance, Office of the CFO, at FTI Consulting, where he advised clients on investor relations strategies and IPOs, and provided strategic M&A counsel for companies in the chemicals industry.  Earlier in his career, he was a senior analyst in the basic materials sector for Zweig-Dimenna & Associates, Neuberger Berman and Northern Trust Global Investments.

About FMC

For more than a century, FMC Corporation has served the global agricultural, industrial and consumer markets with innovative solutions, applications and quality products.  On November 1, 2017, FMC acquired a significant portion of DuPont's Crop Protection business.  FMC employs approximately 7,000 people throughout the world and operates its businesses in two segments: FMC Agricultural Solutions and FMC Lithium.  For more information, visit www.FMC.com.

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