Andy Tometich joined the Company on October 13, 2021 as Chief Executive Officer and President, effective December 1, 2021. Mr. Tometich was also appointed to the Board as a director, effective December 1, 2021.
Mr. Tometich joined Quaker Houghton from H.B. Fuller Company where he was Executive Vice President, Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives, from August 2019 until September 17, 2021. Before that, Mr. Tometich was Senior Vice President, Specialty Materials Business at Corning Incorporated from September 2017 until August 2019 and President, Performance Silicones Business Unit at The Dow Chemical Company from June 2016 until February 2017 after having positions of increasing responsibility at Dow Corning Corporation and its subsidiaries from 1989 through 2016. He also serves on the board of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the Society of Chemical Industry America (SCI).
Mr. Tometich earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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Joseph Berquist Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer
Joseph A. Berquist joined the Company in 1997. Effective January 1, 2023, Mr. Berquist was named Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer. In this role, he is responsible for all commercial business activities. Previously, 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 EVP, Mr. Berquist served as Senior Vice President, Global Specialty Businesses and Chief Strategy Officer from August 2019 until September 2021. From April 2010 until July 2019, Mr. Berquist served as Vice President and Managing Director, North America, from 2008 until 2010, Mr. Berquist held the position of Senior Director – Commercial, North America and from 2007 until 2008, he served as Industry Business Director, Metalworking/Fluid Power. Prior to that time, Mr. Berquist held a regional sales manager position and other key roles and increased responsibilities across the steel, metalworking and fluid power businesses.
Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer
Jeewat Bijlani Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
Jeewat Bijlani joined the Company in 2019. Effective January 1, 2023, Mr. Bijlani was named Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer. In this role, he will lead the Company’s enterprise strategy organization. Prior to this position, Mr. Bijlani served as Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Americas from August 2019 through December 2022.
Prior to joining Quaker Houghton, Mr. Bijlani was President, Americas and Global Strategic Businesses for Houghton International from 2011 through July 2019. At Houghton International, he led global M&A, strategic planning, and business development teams to execute Houghton’s growth initiatives. Prior to joining Houghton, Mr. Bijlani was a Director in the Private Equity Group at Celerant Consulting where he led strategic and business transformation engagements in the Chemicals and Manufacturing sector. He led the Celerant team at Houghton from 2008 to 2011, driving the Operational Excellence program and post-merger integration of DA Stuart and Shell MWF into the Houghton organization. Prior to Celerant, Mr. Bijlani spent time in the commercial organization at Green Seed/FFB Group and Holcim International in Asia Pacific.
Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer
Jeff L. Fleck Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer
Jeff Fleck joined the Company on February 27, 2023 as Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer. Mr. Fleck is responsible for leading the global end-to-end Supply Chain organization.
Prior to joining Quaker Houghton, Mr. Fleck worked for Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products Company where he held the role of SVP, Chief Supply Chain Officer from 2016 to 2023. From 2010 to 2015 he served as SVP, Chief Supply Chain and R&D Officer for Zep Inc., a leading manufacturer of specialty chemical products. He has also held various supply chain management leadership positions at The Clorox Company, American Home Products, and Cargill Incorporated.
Throughout his career, Mr. Fleck has led organizational, cultural, and operational transformation efforts for large global enterprises aiming to achieve supply chain effectiveness, business improvements, process standardization, and new product commercialization. His strategic expertise spans across demand/supply planning, procurement, operations, logistics, and customer service.
Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer
Shane W. Hostetter Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Shane Hostetter joined the Company in 2011. Effective March 1, 2023, Mr. Hostetter was named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. His responsibilities include managing the finance organization, including all accounting, FP&A and treasury operations, as well as the Company’s internal audit, enterprise risk management and insurance, and investor relations functions. Prior to this position, Mr. Hostetter served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer from April 2021 through February 2023. Before that, he was Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer, from August 2019 until April 2021. Previously, he served as Global Controller and Principal Accounting Officer from September 2014 to July 2019. Over his career at Quaker Houghton, Mr. Hostetter’s responsibilities have spanned all financial aspects of the organization. He has also directed financial diligence for all of the Company’s acquisitions over the past decade, as well as the combination between Quaker Chemical and Houghton International.
Prior to joining Quaker Houghton, Mr. Hostetter held several roles that spanned varying financial functions and responsibilities for Pulse Electronics Corporation (formerly Technitrol, Inc.) from 2005 to 2011. Prior to Pulse, he was an external auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Melissa Leneis Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Melissa Leneis joined the Company in July 2022. Effective March 1, 2023, Ms. Leneis was named Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer. In this role, she oversees the Company’s global Human Resources organization including total rewards, talent management, culture and engagement, talent attraction, workforce enablement, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer from July 2022 through February 2023. Prior to joining Quaker Houghton, Ms. Leneis served in various Human Resources leadership roles at InterDigital, including most recently serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer from October 2019 through June 2022. Prior to joining InterDigital in 2018, Ms. Leneis was responsible for leading global teams of Human Resources business partners at Johnson Controls and formerly with Tyco International. Her previous experience also includes Human Resources leadership positions with MEI, Inc. (formerly Mars) and Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer
Anna Ransley Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Information Officer
Anna Ransley joined the Company on July 31, 2023 as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Digital Officer. Her responsibilities include leading the Company’s information technology organization and transforming Quaker Houghton’s global digital strategy with a focus on operational efficiencies and enhancing the Company’s differentiated customer intimacy strategy.
Prior to joining Quaker Houghton, Ms. Ransley served as Global Chief Information Officer at Godiva Chocolatier from 2021 to 2022, where she led all aspects of the company’s digital and technology strategy. From 2017 to 2021, Ms. Ransley served as Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Digital and Technology at Heineken USA. Previously, Ms. Ransley served in several information technology leadership roles with increasing responsibilities at Boehringer Ingelheim, Connolly, Inc., and Hyperion Solutions.
Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Information Officer
Dr. Dave Slinkman Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Dr. Dave Slinkman has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer since joining the Company on August 1, 2019. Mr. Slinkman’s primary responsibilities include the oversight and strategic direction of research, technology and innovation.
Prior to joining Quaker Houghton, Mr. Slinkman was employed by Houghton International from 2012 through July 31, 2019, where he served as Vice President of Technology. Prior to joining Houghton, Dr. Slinkman worked for Nalco Chemical Company, where he served as global technology leader, overseeing global research in the areas of mining, colloidal technology, and analytical services from 2008 until 2012. Early on at Nalco, he held various positions including Manager, Research and Development for the finishing technologies group, which encompassed both metal working fluids and surface treatment products, and Technical Director for the paper chemicals group.
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
Robert T. Traub Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Mr. Traub joined the Company in 2000. Effective August 1, 2019, Mr. Traub was named Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. 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. Prior to his current role, Mr. Traub held the position of Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from April 2015 until July 31, 2019. From March 2012 through March 2015, he served as the Corporation’s General Counsel. He has also served as Director of Global Corporate Compliance since January 2009, a role he continues to hold in his new position. 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.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
