Benjamin Schlater

Biography

Benjamin Schlater was named Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2016. He is responsible for Ferro's financial operations, including corporate development, accounting, treasury, tax, budgeting, and investor relations. He also is responsible for the Company's Information Services (IS) operations.Mr. Schlater joined Ferro in September 2015 as Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development. He has nearly 20 years of corporate finance experience, with extensive background in treasury, strategic planning, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and implementing strategies and financial objectives to support growth for multi-billion-dollar global companies. His experience includes serving as treasurer and head of corporate development, strategic and financial planning, and risk management at Veyance Technologies, a $2 billion global manufacturing company then owned by The Carlyle Group. Prior to Veyance, he was a managing director at FTI Consulting, focused on financial and strategic advisory services for large multinational companies. Before his tenure at Veyance, he was a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in its corporate finance practice.  

Research Interest

treasury, strategic planning, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and implementing strategies and financial objectives.