Tableware specialist Libbey Inc has confirmed the appointment of Juan Amezquita as the company's Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective 13 January 2020. Mr Amezquita will lead Libbey's global finance, accounting and treasury teams.

He succeeds James C Burmeister, who has served as Libbey's CFO since March 2017. Mr Burmeister will remain at Libbey and will continue to serve as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, with primary responsibility for the company's manufacturing, engineering, supply chain and information technology operations.

Juan Amezquita has more than 25 years of financial management experience. He joins Libbey from Owens-Illinois, where he has served as Vice President of Strategy and Integration since April 2019. Mr Amezquita previously held roles of increasing responsibility in O-I's finance and treasury functions, beginning in 2005 as Colombia Treasurer and culminating in his roles as Vice President and Treasurer from 2012 to 2015 and Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller from 2016 to April 2019.

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