Austin, Texas SACHEM, Inc., a privately held, global chemical science company is pleased to announce that Walter Keller has joined SACHEM as the new Chief Financial Officer. With over twenty years of experience in finance in multi-national chemical companies, he is highly qualified to serve in this position. Walter was the CFO of the Acetyl Chain Core, a division within Celanese Corporation. Previous to this role, Walter served in various other Finance roles for Celanese and its former parent company Hoechst including time in Germany and China. In addition he worked for Arthur Anderson as a Manager in their Transaction Advisory Services group.

He has a strong background in financial planning & analysis, global financial reporting, strategy development, evaluation of capital projects as well as mergers & acquisitions. In response to his new position with SACHEM, Walter said: “I am very exited to join and be part of a dynamic, well positioned globally operating company with exciting opportunities to provide solutions to its customers, increasing value to its shareholders as well as developing its employees”.

Walter is a native German and holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from Fachhochschule Giessen-Friedberg.

“We are quite pleased to have Walter Keller join SACHEM as our Chief Financial Officer,” stated John Mooney, SACHEM CEO and President, “Walter’s strong chemical sector experience and international perspective will be beneficial as SACHEM strives to exceptionally serve our global customers.”