The Board of Directors of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB) today named Tracey I. Joubert a director of the company effective immediately.

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The Board of Directors of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB) today named Tracey I. Joubert a d ...

The Board of Directors of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB) today named Tracey I. Joubert a director of the company. (Photo: Business Wire)

Joubert is Chief Financial Officer of Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX: TPX), a leading global brewer with iconic global and national brands such as Coors Light, Miller Lite, Carling and Staropramen as well as leading craft beers including Sharp’s Doom Bar, Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, and Blue Moon. She was named Chief Financial Officer of Molson Coors in 2016 after serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MillerCoors since 2012. Previously, she served in a variety of increasingly responsible finance leadership roles for MillerCoors since 2003. Prior to joining MillerCoors, Joubert served in key financial roles over five years with South African Breweries (SAB) Limited, and earlier in her career, was with Barloworld Limited and KPMG in South Africa.

Cooper Board Chairman Thomas P. Capo said, “Tracey is a global leader with deep financial and business acumen. She possesses international corporate finance expertise as well as vast experience within consumer products, which will be invaluable as Cooper focuses on winning with consumers and customers. In addition, she has a strong background in joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions. We are pleased to welcome Tracey to our board and look forward to her insights.”

Born and raised in South Africa, Joubert holds bachelor’s degrees in commerce and accounting from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. She serves on the Board of Directors of MillerCoors and Coors Brewing Company, subsidiaries of Molson Coors, and on the Board of Trustees for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee.

About Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB) is the parent company of a global family of companies that specializes in the design, manufacture, marketing and sale of passenger car, light truck, medium truck, motorcycle and racing tires. Cooper's headquarters is in Findlay, Ohio, with manufacturing, sales, distribution, technical and design operations within its family of companies located in more than one dozen countries around the world. For more information on Cooper, visit www.coopertire.com, www.facebook.com/coopertire or www.twitter.com/coopertire.