Wausau Coated Products Inc. has announced the appointment of Rick Laliberte as its new chief financial officer (CFO).

Laliberte joins Wausau Coated Products with an extensive business and finance background. Prior to his new role at Wausau Coated Products, he held several executive positions in industry leading companies including Solid Comfort, Inc, Ingersoll-Rand Company, and Bobcat.

In his new role as CFO, Laliberte will be responsible for the areas of accounting, purchasing, and IT. He will be actively involved with these teams at Wausau Coated to ensure continued success of the company and preserve its ability to reinvest in the business and our employees.

“Rick’s extensive financial and business experience will be a huge asset to our organization,” states Ben Reif, president and owner, Wausau Coated Products. “We are extremely excited to have Rick in his new role as CFO and we welcome his knowledge and look forward to watching him succeed.”

Laliberte comments, “I am very excited to join an extremely talented team that is guided by solid company values, a spirit of innovation, a mindset of operational excellence and a customer centric business model.”