Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> January 22, 2001
GORDON D. HARNETT is Chairman, President and CEO of Brush Engineered
Materials Inc., headquartered in Cleveland. Brush Engineered Materials
Inc. and its six wholly-owned operating subsidiaries produce and supply
high-performance engineered materials including beryllium, beryllium-
containing alloys, berylliom ceramic, precious metal products, specialty
alloys, eclectronic products and engineered material systems. The
company's subsidiary Brush Wellman Inc. is the only fully integrated
producer of beryllium related products in the world. Brush Engineered
Materials Inc. with sales over $500 million is listed on the NYSE under
the symbol BW. Mr. Barnett joined the company in 1991. He had been
Senior Vice President of The B.F. Goodrich Co., with responsibility for
the $800 million Specialty Chemical sector since 1988. From 1977 to 1988
he had held a series of senior executive positions with Tremco Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of B.F. Goodrich, including President and Chief
Executive Officer from 1982 to 1988. From 1969 through 1976, Mr. Harnett
worked for McKinsey & Co., including a two-year assignment in Tokyo. Mr.
Harnett holds a BS in Business Administration from Miami University and
an MBA from Harvard University. Mr. Harnett is on the Board of Directors
at Lubrizol, National City Bank and PolyOne. He is also a Trustee of
Hathaway Brown School, Cleveland Tomorrow and the Achievement Center for
Children and is Chairman of Cleveland Development Advisors, Inc. Profile
the company?
Mr. Harnett: Brush Engineered Materials Inc. is a company whose history
goes back over 70 years. Its
