PE-backed Gelest recruits Whitlock as COO

Gelest Inc, which is backed by New Mountain Capital, has named Jim Whitlock as chief operations officer. Previously, he worked at Honeywell where he was vice president of integrated supply chain for their performance materials and technology business group. Morrisville, Pennsylvania-based Gelest is a maker of supplier of silicones, organosilanes and metal-organics for advanced technology end markets.

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