Tenneco Inc. announced that Thomas C. Freyman has been elected to the company's board of directors, effective immediately. Freyman is executive vice president, finance and chief financial officer for Abbott. Freyman has served in his current role CFO and executive vice president, finance since 2004, having been first appointed CFO and senior vice president, finance in 2001.

Prior to joining Abbott, Freyman was a certified public accountant with Ernst & Whinney in Chicago.