LAKE FOREST, IL — Tenneco has promoted Kenneth Trammell, senior vice president and CFO, to executive vice president and CFO. The promotion is effective immediately.

As CFO, Trammell is responsible for Tenneco’s finance strategy, financial planning and analysis, accounting, tax, treasury and investor relations. He is a member of the senior management team and reports directly to Chairman and CEO Mark Frissora.

Trammell has been serving as the company’s CFO since September 2003. Prior to his current role, he was vice president and controller, a position he had held since November 1999 when Tenneco became a stand-alone automotive supply company. Previously, he was with Tenneco Inc., the former conglomerate that included what is now Tenneco. He joined Tenneco in 1996 as assistant controller and was promoted to corporate controller the following year. At that time, his responsibilities included all accounting and SEC reporting requirements for the company including spin-offs and mergers of a number of its businesses and operations.

Prior to joining Tenneco, Trammell was with Arthur Andersen LLP for 12 years, and was responsible for audits and consultation on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures for the firm’s corporate clients.

Trammell, 45, holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Houston and earned his CPA certificate in Texas. He is a member of Financial Executives International, an organization of Fortune 500 chief financial officers, treasurers and controllers, and serves on its Committee on Corporate Reporting, which monitors, reviews and establishes positions on accounting directives.

To learn more about Tenneco, go to: www.tenneco.com .

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