Venture Metals+ Appoints John Shaddox as Chief Executive Officer
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Venture Metals+ has appointed John Shaddox as chief executive officer.
“We are thrilled to welcome John to the team. He brings tremendous energy and a customer-first, solutions-oriented mindset that will be key assets to the company. We look forward to working with him to build upon Venture Metals’ successful history,” said Venture Metals’ Co-Founders and Directors Mike Uhrick and Mark Chazanow.
“We are delighted to announce John’s appointment as chief executive officer,” said Chris Whalen and Adi Pekmezovic, Venture Metals Directors and Co-Founders of Mill Rock Capital.
“John is a dynamic, values-driven business leader with broad experience and a proven track record of driving growth through a focus on strategy, structure, execution and culture. We look forward to working closely with John T, Mike and Mark as we accelerate the Company’s growth strategy,” added Whalen and Pekmezovic.
John Shaddox brings nearly three decades of general management experience to Venture Metals, comprising both commercial and operational roles. He joins the company after six years at Ardagh Group, a leading supplier of sustainable packaging, where he was most recently chief commercial officer of the Ardagh Glass Packaging Division. In this role, he was responsible for $1.6 billion of sales and marketing activity in North America and returned the business unit to growth through a series of initiatives that enhanced the customer experience and drove demand. Prior to his tenure at Ardagh, Shaddox served as SVP and general manager at Owens-Illinois and as president of the U.S. subsidiary of Mexican glass producer Vitro. He started his career in the Dallas Police Department.
“I am very excited to join Venture Metals at this important stage of its growth,” said John Shaddox.
“The company has a winning culture, top-tier assets and a highly differentiated value proposition based on customer and supplier success. I look forward to working with our outstanding team to continue delivering exceptional service and solutions to the marketplace,” added Shaddox.
Venture Metals+ is a leading provider of high-touch recycling solutions to the industrials, manufacturing, energy and metals sectors. The company procures, processes, and sells nonferrous and other metals for recycling and remelting purposes. The company offers tailored, turnkey solutions to collect, remove, sort, process and sell recycled metal generated as a by-product of a production process. Venture operates processing facilities in Dallas, Texas, Houston, Texas, Wills Point, Texas, Des Plaines, Illinois, and Gunsan, South Korea. Venture Metals+ is a portfolio company of Mill Rock Capital.
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