Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Co. has been owned by the Beaham family since it was founded in 1887, and the company just named an outsider as CEO for the first time.
After a five-month search, the Kansas City-based company selected Sean Williams as its new president and CEO. On Tuesday, he took over from Cathy Beaham Smith, who has been interim president since Bill Wood resigned in August to take a job as vice president at PLZ Aeroscience Corp. in the St. Louis suburb of Pacific, Mo.
Wood was the first…
Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Co. has been owned by the Beaham family since it was founded in 1887, and the company just named an outsider as CEO for the first time.
After a five-month search, the Kansas City-based company selected Sean Williams as its new president and CEO. On Tuesday, he took over from Cathy Beaham Smith, who has been interim president since Bill Wood resigned in August to take a job as vice president at PLZ Aeroscience Corp. in the St. Louis suburb of Pacific, Mo.
Wood was the first…