Bud Scruggs Joins Huntsman Team
Jon M. Huntsman, Founder and Executive Chairman of Huntsman Corporation and Chairman of a number of privately held companies, announced that Mr. H. E. "Bud" Scruggs has joined his enterprise and will serve multiple senior management roles in Mr. Huntsman's companies and foundations.
Mr. Scruggs will serve as President and CEO of Huntsman Financial Corporation (HFC), a major, privately held holding company with ownership interests in a multitude of businesses around the world. He will also hold a senior position within the legal department of Huntsman Corporation and assist with government affairs. Additionally, Mr. Scruggs will carry out key management responsibilities in the Huntsman Cancer Foundation and other Huntsman-related charitable foundations.
Mr. Scruggs worked for twelve years at Leucadia National Corporation where he was president of Leucadia Asset Management Group. His responsibilities there included senior management and leadership in banking, insurance, telecommunications, public utilities and other businesses. Prior to joining Leucadia, Mr. Scruggs was on the faculty of the Brigham Young University Department of Political Science for five years. A lawyer by training (BYU 1984), he has held a number of corporate, government, political, and civic positions including Chief of Staff to the Governor of Utah and Chairman of the University of Utah Board of Trustees. Mr. Scruggs recently returned from Sydney, Australia where he spent three years as a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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