WILMINGTON, DE - DuPont Co. announced a revamped organizational structure that the company said is designed to implement a series of customer- and market-focused growth and productivity actions announced on Dec. 1, 2003. Under the realignment, several senior executives are being assigned to new or expanded roles.

The actions include the appointment of Craig G. Naylor, group vice president - DuPont Performance Materials, to the newly created position of Group vice president - Asia Pacific. Naylor assumes responsibility for growth in Asia, with special emphasis on China and India.

Jeffrey L. Keefer, vice president and general manager - DuPont Titanium Technologies, was named Group vice president - DuPont Performance Materials, succeeding Naylor. Sam W. Severance, Global Manufacturing director - DuPont Titanium Technologies, was named vice president and general manager - DuPont Titanium Technologies, succeeding Keefer.

The company also appointed Executive Vice President John C. Hodgson to the newly created position of Chief Marketing & Sales officer, and created several new positions designed to strengthen the company's presence in high-growth, emerging economies. Thomas G. Powell, Global Business director - DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, was named president - DuPont Greater China; Henrique H. Ubrig, president - DuPont South America, was named president - DuPont India/Pakistan; and Eduardo W. Wanick, president - DuPont Mexico, was named president of the newly established DuPont Latin America Region, which includes South America, Central America and Mexico.