Kraton Corporation announced the appointment of Ms. Shelley Bausch, Global Vice President, Global Industrial Coatings at PPG Industries Inc., and Mr. Mark Blinn, former Chief Executive Officer and President of Flowserve Corporation, to the Company's Board of Directors. The appointment is effective as of August 11, 2017. Ms. Bausch is the Global Vice President, Global Industrial Coatings at PPG Industries Inc. where she has held the role since 2014. Ms. Bausch began her career at Dow Corning Corporation in 1988, and most recently served at Dow Corning Corporation's Business Vice President, Finished Products from 2011 to 2014. Ms. Bausch earned a B.S. degree in business administration from Alma College and an MBA from the University of Michigan-Flint. Mr. Blinn served in various positions at Flowserve Corp., including, most recently as the Chief Executive Officer and President from October 2009 until March 2017 and Chief Financial Officer from October 2004 to October 2009. Prior to Flowserve, Mr. Blinn held senior finance, treasury and planning positions at FedEx Kinko's Office and Print Services Inc., Centex Corp., FirstPlus Financial Inc., Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Commercial Capital Funding Inc. Mr. Blinn also was formerly an attorney with Smith, Barshop, Stoffer and Millsap, where he represented large financial institutions, foreign corporations and insurance companies in complex litigation issues. Mr. Blinn currently serves on the board of directors of Texas Instruments Inc.