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Karen Narwold
- Independent Director
- Class I Director
Karen Narwold has served as a member of the Board since June 2025. Ms. Narwald most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Albemarle Corporation, a specialty chemicals manufacturing company, from 2010 until her retirement in 2023. From 2007 to 2010, Ms. Narwold served in a variety of leadership roles with Symmetry Holdings and its related companies, including General Counsel to Symmetry Holdings, Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel at Barzel Industries (acquired by Symmetry Holdings and f/k/a Novamerican Steel) and Advisor at Symmetry Advisors. Ms. Narwold worked for five years in private legal practice, followed by 16 years in roles of increasing leadership responsibility with GrafTech International, Ltd., including Vice President, General Counsel, Human Resources and Company Secretary. Ms. Narwold holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Connecticut and a Juris Doctor from the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Ms. Narwold currently serves on the board of directors of Ingevity (NYSE: NGVT), where she is chair of the Sustainability and Safety Committee, a member of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Executive Committee. . In addition, Ms. Narwold serves on the board of directors of Standard Lithium Ltd., where she is chair of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. Ms. Narwold is National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship Certified.
Ms. Narwold brings extensive experience in global industrial manufacturing, regulatory, business strategy, governance, risk management and corporate transactions, informed by her years of leadership through periods of growth, transformation and capital redeployment. Through her extensive experience advising public companies, Ms. Narwold contributes valuable insight into capital markets and financing alternatives. In addition, she brings a broad range of experiences and skills as a result of her service as a public company director and her NACD certification.
