| Jerry Kent Masters |
Jerry Kent Masters is currently the Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Albemarle Corp. He is also a Director at Prince International Corp. Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Foster Wheeler AG from 2011 to 2014. He was also the Chief Executive Officer at Amec Foster Wheeler USA Corp. Additionally, he held the position of CEO-Industrial & Special Products at Boc Group Plc from 2005 to 2006. He served as the Non-Executive Chairman at African Oxygen (Pty) Ltd. from 2005 to 2011. He was a Director at The BOC Group Ltd. in 2006. From 2011 to 2015, he served as an Independent Director at Rockwood Holdings, Inc. He was an Independent Non-Executive Director at Amec Foster Wheeler Ltd. from 2015 to 2017. He also served as a Director at Q Super Holdings, Inc. from 2016 to 2018. Furthermore, he was a Member-Executive Board at Linde GmbH from 2006 to 2011. Mr. Masters received his undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1983 and his MBA from New York University in 1989. |
| Eric W. Norris |
Eric W. Norris is currently the Director at Albemarle Lithium UK Ltd., Director at Communities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Director at Zero Emission Transportation Association, and President-Lithium at Albemarle Corp. He previously worked as the VP, Global Business Director-Health & Nutrition at FMC Corp., Director-Investor Relations at Rohm & Haas Co., and Vice President & Global Business Director at FMC Lithium Corp. Mr. Norris holds an MBA from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree from Colgate University. |
| Melissa H. Anderson |
Melissa H. Anderson is currently serving as the Chairman at the Society for Human Resource Management. She is also an Independent Director at Vulcan Materials Co., the Director & Pediatric Segment Co-Leader at The Chartis Group LLC, the Director at The YMCA of Greater Charlotte, a Director at the Society Of Human Resources Management, the Chief Human Resources Officer & Senior VP at Albemarle Corp., and a Member at the Center For Executive Succession and the Center for Energy Workforce Development. In her former positions, Ms. Anderson worked as the Senior VP-Human Resources & Government Relations at The Pantry, Inc. from 2006 to 2010. She then served as the Senior Vice President-Human Resources at Domtar Corp. from 2010 to 2015. From 2016 to 2019, she held the role of Chief Human Resources Officer & EVP-Administration at Duke Energy Corp., as well as at Duke Energy Carolinas LLC and Duke Energy Florida LLC. Prior to that, she was the Vice President-Human Resources at International Business Machines Corp. from 2003 to 2006. Ms. Anderson holds a graduate degree from Cornell University and an undergraduate degree from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. |
| Neal R. Sheorey |
Neal R. Sheorey is currently the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Albemarle Corp. He previously worked as the Vice President-Investor Relations at The Dow Chemical Co. He completed his undergraduate degree at Northwestern University and holds an MBA from the University of Michigan. |
| Maria Brennan |
Maria Brennan is currently the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Albemarle Corp. Her former position was Senior Vice President-Procurement at Domtar Corp. She received an undergraduate degree from State University of New York at Buffalo and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. |
| Glen Merfeld |
Glen Merfeld has worked as the Chief Technology Officer & VP-Energy Storage at Albemarle Corp. since 2018. |
| John Clarence Barichivich |
John Clarence Barichivich is currently the Chief Accounting Officer, VP & Controller at Albemarle Corp. He previously worked as a Finance Director at The Home Depot, Inc., Head-Internal Audit at Georgia-Pacific LLC, Chief Financial Officer-Sensors SBE at Revvity, Inc., and Manager-FP&A at General Electric, Inc. |
| Raphael Crawford |
Raphael Crawford is currently the Director at The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers. He is also the President-Catalysts at Albemarle Corp. since 2018. Additionally, he serves as a Member-Governors Board at the University of New Haven. In his former positions, Mr. Crawford worked as the Director-Global Marketing & Business Development at The Dow Chemical Co. He also served as the Managing Director at Albemarle Germany GmbH and as the Director-Global Commercial & Global Asset at Dow Water & Process Solutions, Inc. Furthermore, he was a Marketing Manager at Campbell Soup Co. in 2000. Mr. Crawford obtained his graduate degree from the University of New Haven in 2000 and his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University in 1997. |
| Netha N. Johnson |
Netha N. Johnson is an Independent Director at Xcel Energy, Inc. and a Director at The YMCA of Greater Charlotte. He is also the President-Bromine Specialties at Albemarle Corp. His former jobs include being a Director at Greater Twin Cities United Way, VP & General Manager-Electrical Markets Division at 3M Co., President-Filtration Solutions Global Business at Pentair, Inc., President-Filtration & Process at Pentair plc, and President at Dyneon LLC. He holds an MBA from Duke University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California. |
| James J. O'Brien |
James J. O'Brien currently works at Albemarle Corp., as Lead Independent Director from 2020, Eastman Chemical Co., as Independent Director from 2016, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Bluegrass, as Director. Mr. O'Brien also formerly worked at Ashland LLC, as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2014, Ashland, Inc., as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2014, Midway College, as Chairman, Humana, Inc., as Director from 2006 to 2011, WESCO International, Inc., as Director from 2015 to 2017, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, as Director, American Chemistry Council, Inc., as Director, Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc., as Vice President-Customer Services, Con Edison Communications, as General Manager-Accounts, Valvoline International, Inc., as President from 1995 to 2001, Ashland Chemical Co., as Accountant, Ashland Specialty Chemical Co., as Senior Vice President, and Ashland Distribution Co., as Senior Vice President. Mr. O'Brien received his undergraduate degree and Masters Business Admin degree from The Ohio State University. |
| Alejandro D. Wolff |
Alejandro D. Wolff is an Independent Director at Albemarle Corp., Director at JETSMART SpA, and Director at Jetsmart Holdings Ltd. He is also an Independent Director at Frontier Airlines, Inc. and Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. Mr. Wolff has held positions as an Independent Director at Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and PG&E Corp., Managing Director at Gryphon Partners LLC, and Lead Independent Director at Versum Materials, Inc. He was also an Independent Director at Rockwood Holdings, Inc. Mr. Wolff's education includes an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. |
| Glenda J. Minor |
Glenda J. Minor is currently the Chief Executive Officer & Principal at Silket Advisory Services LLC, an Independent Director at Albemarle Corp., Curtiss-Wright Corp., and Radius Recycling, Inc. She is also a Treasurer & Director at Capital Area United Way and a Director at Africa Bridge. Ms. Minor's former jobs include being the Chief Financial Officer, Director & Senior VP at EVRAZ North America Plc, Chief Accounting Officer, Controller & VP-Finance at Visteon Corp., and Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at EVRAZ, Inc. NA. Ms. Minor holds an MBA degree from Michigan State University and an undergraduate degree from Southern University & A&M College. |
| Mary Lauren Brlas |
Mary Lauren Brlas is an Independent Director at Albemarle Corp., Graphic Packaging Corp., Autoliv, Inc., Graphic Packaging Holding Co., and Constellation Energy Corp. She is a former Chief Financial Officer, Director & Vice President at Newmont USA Ltd., Independent Director at Calpine Corp., Director at NOVA Chemicals Corp., Independent Director at Exelon Corp., Director at Cliffs Asia Pacific Iron Ore Holdings Pty Ltd., Director at First Tee-Cleveland, Independent Director at Perrigo Co. Plc, President-Global Operations & Executive VP at Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Cliffs Drilling Co., Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Newmont Corp., Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at STERIS Corp., and Senior Vice President & Corporate Controller at OfficeMax LLC. She received her undergraduate degree from Youngstown State University. |
| Dean L. Seavers |
Dean L. Seavers is the founder of Red Hawk Fire & Security LLC, which was founded in 2012. He held the title of President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Red Hawk Fire & Security LLC from 2012 to 2018. Mr. Seavers currently holds the position of Independent Non-Executive Chairman at Utility, Inc. since 2020. He is also an Independent Director at Albemarle Corp. since 2018, an Independent Director at AMETEK, Inc. since 2022, and a Director at Sciens Building Solutions LLC. Mr. Seavers has held various former positions including President & Chief Executive Officer-GE Security at GE Aerospace from 2007 to 2011, President & Chief Executive Officer at Carrier Fire & Security Americas Corp. from 2010 to 2011, Independent Non-Executive Chairman at Pacific Gas & Electric Co. from 2020 to 2022, Independent Director at PG&E Corp. from 2020 to 2022, Executive Director & President-US Business Unit at National Grid Plc from 2014 to 2020, Independent Non-Executive Director at James Hardie Industries Plc from 2021 to 2022, Operations Director at Burger King Corp. from 1999 to 2000, Director at National Fire Protection Association, Inc. from 2010 to 2014, Managing Director & Co-Owner at Flextech Communications Ltd., Independent Director at Environmental Impact Acquisition Corp. from 2021 to 2022, President at NG US I, Inc., Regional Manager at PepsiCo, Inc., President at Interlogix, Inc., Vice President-Operations at Tyco Capital Corp., President at Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP, Principal at ADT LLC, Member at City Light Capital LLC from 2011 to 2015, and President-Global Services at United Technologies Fire & Security from 2010 to 2011. He was also the President of National Grid USA from 2014 to 2020. Mr. Seavers has an MBA from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree from Kent State University (Ohio). |
| Diarmuid B. O'Connell |
Diarmuid B. O'Connell is currently the Chairman at Clarios Global GP LLC and Clarios International, Inc. He is also an Independent Director at Albemarle Corp., Volvo Car AB, Dana, Inc., and Tech & Energy Transition Corp. He serves as an Advisor at Maniv Mobility Management Ltd. and is a Member-Supervisory Board at The Mobility House GmbH. In the past, he worked as a Director-Client Services at McCann-Erickson Worldwide, Inc., Director at Volvo Car Corp., and Senior Vice President at Young & Rubicam Brands, Inc. He was also the Vice President-Corporate & Business Development at Tesla, Inc. from 2010 to 2017. Prior to that, he was the Chief-Staff-Political Military Affairs at the US Department of State (District of Columbia) from 2003 to 2006. He has also worked as a Management Consultant at Accenture LLC. He holds a graduate degree from the University of Virginia, an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management. |
| Ralf H. Cramer |
Ralf H. Cramer is currently the Chairman of Continental Brake Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Elektrobit Automotive Software (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Continental Tires (China) Co., Ltd., Vitesco Automotive (Tianjin) Co. Ltd., Continental Automotive Systems Changshu Co., Ltd., Continental Automotive Jinan Co., Ltd., Continental Automotive Interior Wuhu Co., Ltd., Continental Automotive Holding Co., Ltd., and Vitesco Automotive (Changchun) Co. Ltd. He is also a Director at Metalsa SA, Continental Automotive Systems Holding US, Inc., BBS Automation GmbH, and Continental Automotive Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. In addition, he is an Independent Director at Albemarle Corp. since 2022. Previously, he was a Director at Continental Automotive, Inc., Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc., and Continental Automotive Corp. He was also a Member-Executive Board at Continental AG from 2002 to 2017. Before that, he was the General Manager at Grundig Car InterMedia System GmbH and Grundig AG from 1999 to 2002. He received his graduate degree from Universität Stuttgart in 1990 and his undergraduate degree from Technische Universität Kaiserslautern in 1987. |
| Holly Ann van Deursen |
Holly Ann van Deursen is an Independent Director at Albemarle Corp., Synthomer Plc, Anson Industries, Inc., and Kimball Electronics, Inc. She previously held positions as an Independent Director at Enerpac Tool Group Corp., Bemis Co., Inc., PGS ASA, and Capstone Green Energy Corp. She also served as a Group Vice President at BP Plc and Amoco Corp. Ms. van Deursen received an undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas in 1981 and an MBA from the University of Michigan in 1989. |
| Gerald A. Steiner |
Gerald A. Steiner is the founder of CoverCress, Inc. (founded in 2015) and Altagrow Consulting LLC (founded in 2014). He is also the founder of Field To Market, Global Harvest Initiative. Mr. Steiner's current job(s) include Chairman at Apse, Inc., Independent Director at Albemarle Corp., Trustee at The Keystone Center, and Member at The International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council. Mr. Steiner's former job(s) include Chairman at Biotechnology Innovation Organization, Chairman-Plant Biotechnology Strategy Council at CropLife International, Executive VP-Sustainability & Corporate Affairs at Monsanto Co., and Vice President at Celera Group. He also served as General Manager-Europe & Africa at Pharmacia Corp. and Trustee at St. Louis Science Center. Mr. Steiner's education history includes an MBA from the University of Washington and an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin. |
