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Leggett & Platt Appoints Dolloff as Chief Operating Officer
November 8,
2018 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Executive Changes, Industry 
Diversified manufacturer Leggett & Platt has announced that Mitch Dolloff will assume the role of chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1, 2019.
The role was last held by Karl Glassman prior to his becoming CEO in January 2016.
Dolloff will also maintain his current position as president of the specialized products and furniture products segments until such time successor segment presidents are appointed. Perry Davis will remain the president of residential products and industrial products segments and will report to Dolloff.
Joining the company in 2000 in the mergers & acquisitions department, Dolloff then became president of the tubular products division in Nashville, Tenn. He returned to the Corporate Office in 2007 to assume the role of director of business development for the specialized products segment. He was appointed vp of the specialized products segment in 2009, president of the automotive Asia division in 2011 and president of the automotive group in 2014.
Dolloff became SVP and president of the specialized products segment in 2016 and was appointed EVP and president of the specialized products and furniture products segments in 2017.