Mr. Willis is a financial leader currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Valvoline Inc., where he oversees all aspects of the corporate finance organization, including financial reporting, tax, strategic planning and financial risk analysis. As a member of Valvoline s executive management, Mr. Willis shares overall responsibility for setting Valvoline s global strategy, managing capital and upholding operating principles. His current role follows a distinguished 37-year tenure at Ashland Global, a global additives and specialty ingredients company, where Mr. Willis served in increasing roles of responsibility within the finance organization, including serving as CFO for over twelve years. Mr. Willis expertise in accounting principles and reporting requirements qualifies him as an audit committee expert under SEC rules. Over the course of his career, Mr. Willis has had an integral role in shaping value-creating strategies through returns-driven capital allocation planning, operating efficiencies initiatives and business portfolio separations, including Ashland s successful $3.9 billion separation from Valvoline. This experience allows him to contribute to the Board s oversight of value creation and capital allocation strategies. Mr. Willis brings substantial M&A execution experience to the Board. As CFO of Ashland, he directly oversaw a number of large-scale transactions, including Ashland s spinoff of its Valvoline stake, $1.8 billion sale of its water technologies business to Clayton, Dublier & Rice and $1.7 billion sale of its Performance Adhesives business to Arkema.