Valvoline Inc. Appoints Kevin Willis as Chief Financial Officer, Effective May 19, 2025

Published: 2025-05-08 06:45:00 ET VVV

Published on 05/08/2025 at 06:45, updated on 05/08/2025 at 10:06

Valvoline Inc. announced that Kevin Willis will become the Company's next Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective May 19, 2025. Willis brings significant public company experience to Valvoline including capital markets management, financial systems integrations, and operating efficiency improvements. Current CFO, Mary Meixelsperger, whose planned retirement was announced in October 2024, will remain with the company through a transition period.

Willis brings significant public company experience to Valvoline, including capital markets management, financial systems integrations, and operating efficiency improvements. Willis has spent his career in various leadership roles at Ashland Inc., serving as its Chief Financial Officer since 2013. Prior to being named CFO, Willis also served as Vice President, Finance ?

Ashland Specialty Ingredients; Vice President, Finance/Treasurer ? Ashland Corporate; and other finance positions with the company. He played an instrumental role in Ashland's transformation from the country's largest independent oil refiner with numerous industrial and consumer businesses into a pure-play specialty ingredients company.

He also led the separation of Valvoline Inc. when the company completed its Initial Public Offering in 2016. Willis received his Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Eastern Kentucky University and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.