March 22 (Reuters) - Chemours ( CC ) said on Friday it

had appointed chemical industry veteran Denise Dignam as CEO

effective immediately, a month after she took over the role on

an interim basis.

The chemical maker placed its top three executives,

including CEO Mark Newman, on administrative in February and

said it was looking into potential "material weaknesses" in its

financial reporting.

CFO Jonathan Lock and Principal Accounting Officer Camela

Wisel were also placed on leave.

Earlier this month, the internal review showed manipulation

by its senior executives to meet free cash flow targets tied to

their incentives.

The internal review had prompted the company to delay the

reporting of its fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 results.

Chemours ( CC ) is yet to provide a date for the official release.

It said on Friday interim CFO Matthew Abbott will continue

in his role while the company starts the search for a permanent

CFO.

Dignam joined Chemours ( CC ) in 2015 and has more than 35 years of

experience in the chemical industry.

Prior to becoming the interim CEO, she was president of the

Titanium Technologies (TT) unit and the Advanced Performance

Materials (APM) segment - businesses that represented over 68%

of Chemours' ( CC ) net sales in 2023.