HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 20, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Worldwide industrial services company Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) announced today that F. Tomas Duenas, a senior executive within Harsco’s Infrastructure business group, has been invited to join the Chairman’s International Advisory Council of the America’s Society/Council of the Americas, one of the most prestigious private organizations for inter-Americas business and economic policy.
Mr. Duenas is the president of Harsco Infrastructure Latin America, overseeing Harsco Infrastructure group operations in ten Latin American countries from Mexico to Chile. During his career, he has served as Costa Rica’s ambassador to the United States and also as its Minister of Economics and Minister of Foreign Trade. He further served as Costa Rica’s chief negotiating Minister in the talks leading to the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas and is credited with having initiated the process that led to the Central America Free Trade Agreement with the United States. He has most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of ESCO Interamerica, Ltd., one of Latin America’s premier engineering and equipment services providers to the infrastructure sector, which Harsco acquired in November 2009.
“All of Harsco joins in congratulating Tomas on this significant honor and its reflection on the caliber of leadership we are building within our global organization,” said Harsco Chairman and CEO Salvatore D. Fazzolari.
Founded by David Rockefeller, the America’s Society/Council of the Americas is currently headed by John Negroponte, the five-time U.S. ambassador, former deputy secretary of state and former director of U.S. national intelligence. The Council’s membership includes many of the foremost business, economic and policy leaders from throughout the Americas.
Harsco Corporation is one of the world’s leading diversified industrial services companies, serving key industries that are fundamental to worldwide economic growth, including infrastructure, metals, railways and energy. Harsco is recognized as one of the Fortune 1000 leading companies in America and has been named five times to the Platinum 400 list of the best big companies by Forbes magazine. Harsco’s common stock is a component of the S&P MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 1000 Index. Additional information can be found at www.harsco.com.
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