3M Elects Inge G. Thulin as President and CEO, Succeeds Sir George W. Buckley

3M, the St. Paul, Minnesota-based conglomerate and parent company of 3M Promotional Markets, announced today that Inge G. Thulin has been elected president and CEO, effective Feb. 24. He succeeds Sir George W. Buckley, chairman, president and CEO, who will retire on June 1.

Thulin immediately becomes a member of 3M's board of directors and Buckley remains chairman of the board until the annual meeting of stockholders on May 8, at which time the board intends to elect Thulin to the position of chairman.