ALPHARETTA, GA -- Exide Technologies has announced the appointment of Paul Jennings as a member of the board of directors.

Jennings, 49, is president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Innospec Inc., an international specialty chemicals company headquartered in England with 1,000 employees in 23 countries. Since Jennings was named president and CEO in June 2005, he has overseen the company's new strategic direction and implementation of the new global Innospec brand.

From November 2002 through his appointment as CEO, Jennings served as Innospec's executive vice president and chief financial officer. He previously served as CFO for Griffin LLC, a joint venture between Griffin Corp. and Dupont, and from 1986 to 1999 held positions of CFO and vice president of finance for various divisions and regions of Courtaulds plc, working in the United States, Europe and Singapore.

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