
	Curt Espeland is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Eastman Chemical Company. He was appointed to his current position on September 1, 2008.

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	A native of Geneva, Minnesota, Espeland graduated with distinction from Iowa State University with a BBA in accounting in 1986. He received an MBA with honors in 2002 from the University of Chicago&rsquo;s Graduate School of Business. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2008.

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	Espeland joined Eastman in 1996 and has held multiple corporate and business finance positions. In addition to being the Chief Accounting Officer from 2002-2008, Espeland served as Vice President, Finance, Polymers Business Group; Vice President, Finance, Eastman Division; and Vice President and Controller. Other positions include Director of Corporate Planning and Forecasting; Director of Finance, Asia Pacific; and Director of Internal Auditing.

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	Prior to joining Eastman, Espeland was an audit and business advisory manager with Arthur Andersen LLP in the United States, Australia and Eastern Europe.

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	Espeland serves on the Board of Directors of Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. He also serves on the Dean&rsquo;s Advisory Council for the School of Business at Iowa State University.

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	Espeland was named in 2010 as one of the CFOs to watch by Treasury and Risk Magazine, and was named in 2011 as the CFO of the Year by IHS Chemical Week. He is a frequent presenter on finance and M&amp;A best practices at industry and finance professional forums.
