Darian K. Rich
Vice President
Human Resources

Darian K. Rich was named Vice President, Human Resources for Albemarle in November 2008. In this role, Mr. Rich oversees all aspects of Albemarle’s talent management and performance based compensation strategies and manages the department's efforts to enhance systems and drive increased process automation. With nearly twenty-five years of experience, Mr. Rich has a diverse background in the global beverage, mining and automotive markets and has worked in a broad range of human resource disciplines, including labor relations, talent management, compensation, and HR strategic planning. He has expertise in developing employee programs around merger and acquisition activities and has spent a significant portion of his career working in many different geographic locations and cultures, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.

Mr. Rich joined Albemarle after twelve years with Coca-Cola where he held several positions in the U.S. and Asia in both line management and corporate operations. Most recently, Mr. Rich served as vice president of Coca-Cola’s International Human Resource Services. In this role, he developed international human resources strategy for all of the division’s business units outside of North America. Prior to this role, he served for over six years in the Asia-Pacific region in a variety of roles including group human resources director for Asia, Eurasia and the Middle East. >Download biography