Joseph A. Berquist was named Chief Executive Officer and President of Quaker Houghton and appointed to the Board as a director in November 2024.

Mr. Berquist, who has been employed by the Company since 1997, most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer from January 2023 until November 2024. Prior to that role, Mr. Berquist served as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, and Managing Director, Global Specialty Businesses, from September 2021 through December 2022. Additionally, he served as Interim Managing Director of EMEA, from August 2022 through December 2022. Prior to his appointment to Executive Vice President, Mr. Berquist served as Senior Vice President, Global Specialty Businesses and Chief Strategy Officer from August 2019 until September 2021. Throughout his tenure at the Company, Mr. Berquist has served in various leadership positions of increasing responsibility across the entirety of the business. Mr. Berquist holds a B.E. in chemical engineering from Youngstown State University and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.

Jeewat Bijlani, who has been employed by the Company since 2019, was named Executive Vice President, Global Specialty and Chief Growth Officer effective March 1, 2025. In this role, Mr. Bijlani is responsible for the Company’s global growth strategy and driving business development across our high-level segments: Metals Process Fluids, Metalworking Process Fluids, Advanced Solutions, and Operating Solutions. Prior to this position, Mr. Bijlani served as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer from January 2023 through February 2025. From August 2019 through December 2022, Mr. Bijlani served as Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Americas.

Renato Carvalho, who has been employed by the Company since 2012, was named Senior Vice President, Regional Commercial Lead, Americas effective March 1, 2025. In this role, he is responsible for all commercial operations across the Americas. Prior to that role, Mr. Carvalho served as Senior Director, Regional Commercial South America from December 2022 through February 2025 and Leader of South America from August 2019 through November 2022. In these roles, Mr. Carvalho was responsible for delivering profitable growth for the region and overseeing the functional areas. Additionally, Mr. Carvalho has over 22 years of professional leadership experience in positions such as Plant Manager, Managing Director and Vice-President of multinational chemical companies including, ASK Chemicals (formerly known as Ashland Chemicals) and Houghton International.

Tom Coler, who has been employed by the Company since June 2024, currently serves as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Quaker Houghton, Mr. Coler held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Savage Corporation, a prominent privately backed global supply chain & logistics service provider from October 2022 until May 2024. Preceding his role at Savage, he served as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer for the Health, Hygiene & Consumables business unit at H.B. Fuller Corporation from September 2019 to October 2022. Mr. Coler’s previous experience also includes various finance leadership positions at Polaris Industries, Ecolab and Boston Scientific.

Dr. André Frodl, who has been employed by the Company since 2002, was named Vice President, R&D – Metals and Metalworking effective October 1, 2025. In this role, Dr. Frodl leads R&D for the Company’s Metals, Metalworking, and Operating Solutions business and has global responsibility for Product Stewardship, Fluid Analysis and Analytical.

From January 2023 through September 30, 2025, Dr. Frodl was responsible for the Operating and Advanced Solutions development labs in North and South America, Europe and Middle East and Africa. During that time, he also oversaw the Company’s Fluid Analysis and Analytical labs in Europe, and Global Fluid Power Center of Innovation, and led the Operating and Advanced Solution Center of Innovation. Prior to that role, Dr. Frodl served as Director, Product Development EMEA from August 2019 through December 2022.

Christine Johnson joined the Company on October 1, 2025, as Senior Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer. In this role, she is responsible for the execution of the Company’s enterprise strategy, including advancing transformational programs and implementing processes that build enterprise excellence and accelerate value creation.

Prior to joining Quaker Houghton, Ms. Johnson served as a Partner at McKinsey & Company, where she worked from June 2015 until September 2025. She advised materials and energy clients on M&A, strategy, transformation, and operating model design and effectiveness. From September 2004 through May 2015, Ms. Johnson was a digital marketing and communications leader at DuPont.

Albert Ma, who has been employed by the Company since 2000, was named Senior Vice President, Regional Commercial Lead - APAC effective March 1, 2025. In this role, Mr. Ma is responsible for all commercial operations across APAC. Previously, he served as Vice President, Regional Commercial and Managing Director – China from November 2021 through February 2025. From 2019 through 2021, Mr. Ma served as Business Director, Metalworking.

Dr. Kevin Meagher joined the Company on January 1, 2026, as Vice President, R&D – Advanced Solutions. In this role, he is responsible for leading the Advanced Solutions R&D team, along with developing and executing global technologies that accelerate growth in the Company’s Advanced Solutions portfolio.

Prior to joining Quaker Houghton, Dr. Meagher spent over 10 years in leadership roles at Axalta, a global manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, most recently serving as their Vice President, Advanced Innovation until December 2025. From 2005 through 2015, Dr. Meagher held various business and technical leadership roles at Henkel in their Automotive, Metals and Aviation businesses.

Miguel Moreno, who has been employed by the Company since 2003, was named Senior Vice President, Regional Commercial Lead - EMEA effective March 1, 2025. In this role, he is responsible for all commercial operations in EMEA. Previously, he served as Vice President Commercial Europe from January 2023 through February 2025. Mr. Moreno has been with Quaker Houghton for 21 years, holding various leadership positions in South America, Southern Europe, Middle East, and Africa, contributing to the Company’s expansion and commercial success in these markets.

Kristin Rokosky, who has been employed by the Company since 2023 was named Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer effective January 22, 2025.. In this role, Ms. Rokosky is responsible for driving talent strategies, including all aspects of the employee experience, such as talent recruitment and retention, learning and career development, colleague wellbeing, total rewards and HR analytics. She previously served as Vice President, HR Business Partner supporting the Company’s Corporate, Supply Chain/Operations, Digital Information Technology, Finance, HR, Legal and R&D business functions.

Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Rokosky served as a Global Human Resources Director at FMC Corporation from February 2017 to January 2023. In that role, she served as the HR leadership partner for FMC’s Global Operations, North America Commercial, and Global Specialty Solutions organizations. Prior to her role at FMC, Ms. Rokosky served in HR leadership roles with Axalta Coating Systems and E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company.

Robert Traub, who has been employed by the Company since 2000, has served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since August 2019. Mr. Traub’s primary responsibilities include providing legal advice and overseeing the legal function for the Corporation on a global basis, with specialized focus in securities law, litigation, compliance and disclosure areas, and corporate development. He also continues to serve as Director of Global Corporate Compliance, a role he has held since January 2009. Prior to his current role, Mr. Traub held the position of Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from April 2015 until July 2019. From March 2012 through March 2015, he served as the Corporation’s General Counsel. From August 2000 until January 2009, he served as the Corporation’s Senior Counsel. Prior to joining Quaker Houghton, Mr. Traub worked for Penske Truck Leasing as business counsel. He possesses a J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law and a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University.