Jeffrey L Keefer

Jeffrey L. Keefer is executive vice president and a member of the company's Office of the Chief Executive. He is responsible for the DuPont Performance Coatings business, corporate strategy development, Information Technology and overall cost and working capital productivity programs. Mr. Keefer joined DuPont in 1976 as a financial analyst in the titanium dioxide business. After several years of supervising the business' accounting function, he accepted a field sales assignment in 1982. In 1985, he was appointed customer service manager for the unit. In 1987, Mr. Keefer was named TiO2 market manager for the paper industry, one of the three major markets served by DuPont Titanium Technologies. He assumed sales management responsibility for that segment in 1989. Four years later, Mr. Keefer was promoted to managing director of the Asia Pacific region for TiO2 and played a major role in the start-up of DuPont Titanium Technologies's new plant at Kuan Yin, Taiwan. Upon his return to the United States, Mr. Keefer was named director of new ventures in 1997. In February 1999, he was named vice president and general manager – DuPont Titanium Technologies. He was named group vice president – DuPont Performance Materials in January 2004. He was named executive vice president and chief financial officer in June 2006. He assumed his current position in November 2009. Born in Fremont, Ohio, Mr. Keefer holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Wooster (Ohio) College and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Business School, with a specialty in finance. He serves on the board of directors of Junior Achievement of Delaware and Delaware Guidance Services.