卡博特 CBT

Jeff Zhu, age 57, is Executive Vice President and President, Carbon and Silica Technologies, and Battery Materials businesses within Cabot's Performance Chemicals Segment and President, Asia Pacific Region. Mr. Zhu joined Cabot in 2012. He was elected Executive Vice President effective December 2022 and Senior Vice President and President, Performance Additives business and President, Asia Pacific Region in October 2019. Prior to this, he had served as President, Asia Pacific Region since joining Cabot. Prior to joining Cabot, Mr. Zhu served in a variety of regional and global business leadership roles at Rhodia from 1994 until 2010, including Asia Pacific regional commercial director from 1994 to 2002, regional vice president and general manager of Rhodia Novacare Asia Pacific from 2002 to 2008, and vice president and global director of Rhodia electronics and catalysis from 2008 to 2010. In addition, Mr. Zhu served as head of global pulp and paper sales at Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Limited from 2010 to 2012.

Karen A. Kalita, age 46, is Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Ms. Kalita joined Cabot in 2008. Prior to assuming her current position in June 2019, she held several key positions in Cabot's Law Department, including Chief Counsel to the Company's Reinforcement Materials segment from November 2015 to June 2019 and Purification Solutions segment from June 2013 to June 2019, and senior legal counsel to the Company's previous Advanced Technologies segment. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Kalita was in private practice at WilmerHale LLP in Boston, MA.

Mr. Michael M. Morrow, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, a public accounting firm, 1986 until retirement in 2016, as audit partner, including with responsibility for assessing cybersecurity risk at various audit clients, and in various leadership and governance roles, including Lead Director of PwC's U.S. Board of Partners. Consultant, PwC, 2016 to 2017. Other Boards and Positions: Chair, Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Committee (FASAC), an advisory body to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) (Chair 2020 to December 2025; Member 2019 to December 2025); Member, Board of Visitors, Wake Forest University School of Business (2011 to 2017); Member, Business Advisory Council, University of Rhode Island School of Business (2010 to 2015).

Christine Y. Yan, Stanley Black & Decker, a global leader in power tools, hand tools and storage solutions, engineered fastening systems and security services. Vice President of Integration, 2018 until retirement in 2018. President, Asia, from 2014 to 2018. President, Stanley Storage and Workspace Systems, from 2013 to 2014. President Americas, Stanley Engineered Fastening, from 2008 to 2013. Other Public Company Boards: Director, Modine Manufacturing Company, a thermal management company (2014 to present). Director, onsemi, a provider of intelligent power and sensing technologies (2018 to present). Director, Ansell Limited, a provider of protective industrial and medical gloves (2019 to present).

Cynthia A. Arnold, Chief Technology Officer, The Valspar Corporation, a global paints and coatings company, 2011 until retirement in 2017. Chief Technology Officer, Sun Chemical Corporation, a producer of inks, coatings and supplies, pigments, polymers, liquid compounds, solid compounds and application materials, 2004 to 2010. Other Public Company Boards: Director, Fluence, a global provider of energy storage products and services and digital applications for renewables and storage (2021 to present). Director, Syensqo, a global specialty chemicals company (July 2025 to present). Member, Supervisory Board, Avantium N.V., a technology company in renewable chemistry (2020 to 2022). Other Boards and Positions: Director, Milliken & Company, a global diversified industrial company for specialty chemicals, performance materials and textiles (2018 to present). Director, Citrine Informatics, an AI/machine learning software provider for chemical and material companies (2018 to present).

Mr. Raffiq Nathoo, Managing Partner, Tx3 Sage Rock, a private investment management firm, since 2019. Executive-in-Residence, New Mountain Capital, LLC, an alternative asset management firm (2015 to 2017). Senior Managing Director, Blackstone, a global investment and advisory firm (2000 to 2014). Managing Director and other positions, Blackstone (1991 to 1999)Other Public Company Boards:. Director, American Water, a regulated water and wastewater utility company (June 2025 to present). Other Boards and Positions: Director, IREX, a global development and education organization operating internationally (2020 to present).

Dr. Michelle E. Williams, PhD, Global Group President of Altuglas International, a manufacturer of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and a subsidiary of Arkema S.A., a manufacturer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials, 2015 until retirement in 2021. Other Public Company Boards: Director, Brady Corporation, a manufacturer and supplier of identification solutions and workplace safety products (2019 to present).

Mr. Thierry F.J. Vanlancker, M. Sc., Business Experience: Managing Director, Aliaxis Holding SA, a manufacturer of plastic piping systems for buildings, infrastructure, and industry (from September 2024 to present; Director from 2020 to present; and Chairman of the Board from September to 2024 to present). Chief Executive Officer and Chair of Board of Management, AkzoNobel NV, a multinational paints and coatings company, 2017 until retirement in 2022. President, Fluoroproducts and the EMEA region, The Chemours Company, a global provider of performance chemicals, 2015 to 2016. General management positions, EI DuPont De Nemours & Company, a chemicals company, 1988 to 2015. Other Public Company Boards: Director, SIKA AG, a Swiss multinational specialty chemical company that supplies to the building sector and motor vehicle industry (2019 to present; Chairman of the Board since April 2024). Other Boards and Positions: Director, Stahl, a leading provider of specialty coatings and treatments for flexible substrates (April 2024 to December 2024). Director, Etex NV, a manufacturer of building materials (2021 to December 2024).

Effective January 10, 2020, Lisa Dumont, was appointed as Controller of the Company and the Company's principal accounting officer. Ms. Dumont joined Cabot in April 2000. Since joining the Company, Ms. Dumont has held several key corporate, business and regional roles in the finance organization, including, most recently, Finance Director for the Company's Performance Chemicals segment, a position she held from April 2019 to November 2019. In addition, Ms. Dumont was Finance and Strategy Director for the Company's Specialty Fluids segment from August 2014 to the divesture of this business in June 2019, EMEA Finance Director from March 2011 to July 2014, and Assistant Controller from January 2007 to February 2011.

William Masterson, age 51, is Senior Vice President and President of the Reinforcement Materials Segment. Mr. Masterson joined Cabot in 2011 and was elected to his current position effective November 21, 2025. Prior to this, from January 2024, he was Vice President, Business Operations, Performance Chemicals and, from January 2019 to January 2024, was Vice President and Regional Business Director, Americas Region, for the Performance Additives business. Prior to 2019, Mr. Masterson held numerous commercial, marketing, and technical service roles. Prior to joining Cabot, from 2007 to 2011, Mr. Masterson was global market development manager for W.R. Grace.