The writing was on the wall in March 2022 when adhesives manufacturing behemoth H.B. Fuller hired industry superstar Celeste Mastin as executive vice president and chief operating officer. She’d been CEO of PetroChoice Lubrication Solutions, the largest U.S. distributor of its kind, and held other CEO roles prior to that. Just six months later, Fuller’s popular leader Jim Owens announced his retirement. The St. Paul company, which reported $3.3 billion in revenue last year, says Mastin will assume the role of president and CEO Dec. 4. She joins a small group of women leading public companies in Minnesota. “We have a winning strategy, tremendous talent and leadership, and the entrepreneurial culture that will continue this legacy,” Mastin said in a statement.

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