DRIVING ALBEMARLE’S STRATEGY
Albemarle’s team is made up of over 4,100 dedicated professionals coming from diverse backgrounds with cross-industry experience. They provide today’s leaders with innovative and insightful business-minded solutions that help address the Company’s most pressing competitive challenges. This synergistic culture starts at the top and is driven by our senior leadership team. Each member of the team exemplifies the core values that have helped make Albemarle a global leader in the specialty chemicals industry today.
Here’s a snapshot of each member of our senior leadership team.
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Luther C. Kissam, IV (“Luke”) serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Albemarle, a role he was elected to in July 2011. Mr. Kissam has also served on Albemarle's board of directors since November 2012. Previously, Mr. Kissam served as President where he oversaw all aspects of the company’s global business and operational activities. Mr. Kissam joined Albemarle and was elected Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary on September 2003. In January 2008, he became Senior Vice President, Manufacturing and Law, and Corporate Secretary. Before joining Albemarle, Mr. Kissam served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Merisant Co. (manufacturer and marketer of sweetener and consumer food products), having previously served as Associate General Counsel of Monsanto Company (provider of agricultural products and solutions). |
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Dr. David W. Clary serves as Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer of Albemarle Corporation. In this role, Dr. Clary oversees the company's technology groups to accelerate the creation and commercialization of socially and environmentally sound products. He manages all aspects of Albemarle's global advocacy efforts to raise awareness of the safety and performance of the company's existing products, and also ensure that future products meet or surpass societal criteria. With over twenty years experience in process technology, research and development, and business management, Dr. Clary most recently served as Division Vice President of Albemarle’s Fine Chemistry Services group. |
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Ronald “Ron” Gardner is Vice President of Albemarle’s Fine Chemistry global business unit where he oversees all aspects of the group’s business operations. He is responsible for creating and executing strategy for this unit and for driving the group’s financial results. Mr. Gardner joined Ethyl Corporation in 1973 and has had a successful, broad-based path in his 37-year career. He has worked in Manufacturing, R&D, International Distribution and Project Management. He has also lead Albemarle’s Global Supply Chain organization and was responsible for the integration of Jordan Bromine Company into our global bromine operations and business. He has spent 15 years in Business Management, including a 5-year assignment in Europe. Mr. Gardner received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Mississippi State University in 1973 and an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1977. |
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Matthew K. Juneau has served as Vice President, Global Sales and Services since April 2009. In this role, Mr. Juneau leads Albemarle's worldwide sales; customer service and sales support activities. This includes managing Albemarle’s regional offices around the globe, overseeing global account management and key customer negotiations and continuing to position Albemarle as a leader in customer service before, during, and after the sale. Prior to assuming this role, Mr. Juneau served as Division Vice President, Fine Chemistry Services, a $225 million segment providing custom synthesis and proprietary Albemarle products to the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. Mr. Juneau has been with Albemarle (and its predecessor, Ethyl Corporation) since June 1982. During those 28 years, Mr. Juneau has held numerous technical and commercial roles of increasing responsibility, including: Global Business Director, Polymer Additives and Intermediates; Polymer Chemicals Sales Director, Americas; Regional Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Division Vice President, Performance Chemicals. Mr. Juneau is a native of Louisiana and received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1982. Mr. Juneau and his wife, Melissa, have four children, Matthew, Claire, David, and Stephen. |
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Karen G. Narwold serves as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Albemarle. In this role, Mrs. Narwold is responsible for all legal matters related to the corporation. Mrs. Narwold has over 20 years of experience with industrial and chemical companies. After practicing private law for 5 years, she served as Vice President, General Counsel, Human Resources and Secretary of GrafTech International Ltd., a global graphite and carbon manufacturer and former subsidiary of Union Carbide. She then served as Vice President and Strategic Counsel of Barzel Industries, a North American steel processor and distributor. Most recently, Mrs. Narwold served as Special Counsel with Kelley Drye & Warren LLP and with Symmetry Advisors where she worked in the areas of strategic, financial and capital structure planning and restructuring for public and private companies. Mrs. Narwold graduated summa cum laude and received her B.A. from the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. She graduated with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1986. |
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John J. Nicols serves as Vice President of Albemarle’s global Catalysts division. In this role, Mr. Nicols is responsible for the division’s financial performance, as well as developing and implementing its successful long-term strategy. A respected leader in the industry, Mr. Nicols joined Albemarle (then Ethyl Corporation) in February 1990 and has held a wide variety of global positions with increasing responsibilities during his tenure with the company. Before his appointment to his current position, Mr. Nicols served in a similar role as Vice President for Albemarle’s Fine Chemicals business segment. Prior to that, he served as Vice President for Albemarle’s Flame Retardants business unit. His global experience includes a three-year assignment in Tokyo, Japan where he led the company’s bromine business marketing activities for the entire Asia Pacific region, including China and India. Mr. Nicols was appointed as an Officer of the Corporation in 2002. John is a native of New York City and earned his MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990 as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York in 1985. In between degrees, John worked as a Senior Chemical Engineer for Hercules Incorporated in various locations. |
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Anthony S. “Tony” Parnell serves as Vice President of Polymer Solutions. In this role, Mr. Parnell leads all aspects of the Polymer group’s operations, research and product innovation, and business development activities, which includes fire safety products in 100 countries and extensive operations in China. A chemical industry veteran with over 25 years of international experience in global sales, business management and development activities, Mr. Parnell joined Albemarle (then the Specialty Chemicals division of Ethyl Corporation) in July 1982. During his tenure at Albemarle, Mr. Parnell has held many notable positions including Managing Director of the company’s European and Middle East Operations. Most recently, Mr. Parnell led all of Albemarle’s global Sales and Service operations. Mr. Parnell graduated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering. He has recently served as a board representative on the Baton Rouge Arts Council and is currently a board member of Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge. |
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John M. Steitz was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Albemarle, effective April 2007. Mr. Steitz is an industry veteran with nearly thirty years of experience in business management and administration activities. He joined Albemarle in July 2000 and has served in various roles of increasing responsibility during his tenure with the Company. Most recently, Mr. Steitz served as Senior Vice President, Business Operations, a role he assumed in October 2002. From July 2000 until October 2002, Mr. Steitz was Vice President of the Company's Fine Chemistry segment. Prior to joining Albemarle, he served as Vice President and General Manager of Pharmaceutical Chemicals for Mallinckrodt, Incorporated, a global provider of specialty healthcare products and a business unit of Tyco Healthcare. |
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Scott A. Tozier was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in February 2011. He is responsible for all financial and fiscal management aspects of the company’s operations. Mr. Tozier is a certified public accountant and has over 20 years of diversified international financial management experience. Prior to joining Albemarle, Mr. Tozier served as Vice President of Finance, Transformation and Operations of Honeywell International, Inc. where he was responsible for the company’s global financial shared services and best practices management. His 16-year career with Honeywell spanned senior financial positions in the United States, Asia Pacific and Europe. His increasingly progressive roles included management of financial planning, analysis and reporting; global credit and treasury services and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell’s Transportation Systems, Turbo Technologies, Building Solutions and Process Solutions divisions. Prior to Honeywell, Scott worked for four years in Ernst & Young’s assurance services practice. |
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Dr. Ronald C. Zumstein was elected Vice President of Manufacturing for Albemarle, effective March 15, 2010. In this role, Dr. Zumstein manages all aspects of the company’s global manufacturing operations, technology resources and corporate engineering across all Albemarle and Albemarle-affiliated facilities. With over twenty years of experience at Albemarle, Dr Zumstein has successfully held a wide variety of positions with increasing responsibility, including roles in research and development, process and product development, and plant management at several of the Company’s plant sites. Most recently, Dr. Zumstein served as Vice President of Manufacturing Operations and previous to that role, he served as Albemarle’s Vice President of Health, Safety and Environment. Dr. Zumstein has also served as Vice President of Manufacturing for the Company’s Polymer Additives division. A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, Dr. Zumstein received a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University. |
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