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Denis A. Turcotte was elected to the Board of Directors in 2015 and became Chairman in March 2018. Mr. Turcotte is currently a Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Private Equity Group, responsible for business operations. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2017, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of North Channel Management and North Channel Capital Partners, business consulting and private investing firms, from 2008 to 2017. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the general partner of Brookfield Business Partners L.P., an affiliate of Brookfield, from 2016 until he joined Brookfield in 2017. From 2002 to 2008, Mr. Turcotte was the President and CEO and a director of Algoma Steel Inc., a publicly listed North American steel company; and from 1992 to 2002, he held a number of senior executive positions with companies in the pulp and paper industry, including President of the paper group and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy of Tembec Inc., a leading integrated forest products company with operations in North America and France. Since 2012 and 2007, Mr. Turcotte has been a Board member of Norbord Inc. and Domtar Corporation, respectively. He was previously a Board member of Coalspur Mines, Ltd., from 2010 to 2015, and Algoma Steel Inc., from 2002 to 2008. Mr. Turcotte holds a bachelor of engineering from Lakehead University and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario.

Brian L. Acton was elected to the Board of Directors in 2018. He brings more than 25 years’ experience in the mining and bulk materials distribution industry, primarily devoted to marketing coal, petroleum coke and other raw materials. He also has extensive experience as a distribution and logistics provider to the coal industry throughout Canada, South America, Asia and Europe. Since August 2013, Mr. Acton has served as President at Pac Basin Resources LLC, a mining and metals company. From July 2010 to June 2013, he served as a consultant to Oxbow Carbon & Minerals Holdings, Inc. From 1996 to 2009, Mr. Acton served as President and COO of Oxbow Carbon and Minerals Holdings Inc., and as President and Chief Operating Officer of Oxbow Energy Solutions, LLC, from 1985 until 2010. Mr. Acton served on the Board of Directors of Adriana Resources Inc., from March 2012 to February 2017. While on the Board, he served as Chair of the Compensation Committee, from 2012 to 2017, and as a member of the Audit Committee, from 2014 to 2017. Mr. Acton is a graduate of Queen’s University and holds both a bachelor of science in mining engineering and applied science and a master in business administration.

Catherine L. Clegg was elected to the Board of Directors in 2019. Ms. Clegg is a senior automotive industry executive with General Motors Company with extensive experience in manufacturing operations, manufacturing engineering, labor relations, public policy, and cultural transformation. Since May 2019, she has been the Vice President, Workforce Strategy, with the responsibility to integrate workforce strategy across General Motors, primarily among manufacturing and labor, global public policy, legal, human resources and other functions as necessary. Previously, she held the position of Vice President, Business Intelligence, Global Public Policy, from 2017 to 2019, where she led policy analysis and strategy; developing and aligning business priorities in the context of government policy initiatives in key countries and regions around the world. Ms. Clegg also previously led GM’s manufacturing operations and labor relations in the US, Canada, and Mexico as Vice President North America Manufacturing & Labor Relations from 2014 to 2017. She also served as Vice President Global Manufacturing Engineering from 2013 to 2014 and Vice President GMNA Labor Relations from 2010 to 2013. Ms. Clegg received her undergraduate degree from Eastern Michigan University and her MBA from University of Virginia Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. Ms. Clegg also earned a Master of Arts in Advanced Leadership Studies and completed extensive advanced coursework on Organizational Leadership at Indiana Wesleyan University, as well as executive education at Harvard University and Stanford University.

Michel J. Dumas was elected to the Board of Directors in 2018. Mr. Dumas is the chair of the Audit Committee of the Company and presides over regularly scheduled executive sessions of the independent directors. He has over 30 years’ experience in the lumber, pulp and paper industries. From 1997 until 2017, Mr. Dumas served as the Executive Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer of Quebec based Tembec Inc. He also served on the Tembec Board of Directors from January 2011 to February 2017. Mr. Dumas served as a director of Marathon Pulp Inc., from February 2000 to February 2009, and of Jager Building Systems, from August 2001 to September 2008. From 1991 to 1997, he was Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer at Spruce Falls Inc., a newsprint producer. Prior to joining Spruce Falls, he served as Controller at Tembec, from 1985 to 1991. Mr. Dumas received his undergraduate degree in commerce from the University of Ottawa.

Leslie D. Dunn was elected to the Board of Directors in 2020. Ms. Dunn is an experienced executive, legal and governance professional. Since 2007, Ms. Dunn has been an independent director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati, chairing its Governance Committee in addition to serving on its Audit and Compensation Committees. Since 2015, she has also been a director of New York Community Bancorp, Inc., where she serves on the Audit, Compensation, Risk Assessment, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. She previously served from 2012 to 2018 as an independent director of E&H Family Group, Inc., a family-owned private company that operated chains of supermarket and hardware stores in Ohio, where she served as Chair of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Finance Committee. Ms. Dunn’s prior board experience also includes over 15 years as a director of Telarc International Corporation, a privately-held, world leading classical and jazz recording company.

Ms. Dunn previously was the Senior Vice President of Business Development and General Counsel of Cole National Corporation, a NYSE-listed specialty retailer, from 1997 until its sale in 2004. In addition to leading the development and implementation of Cole’s acquisition growth strategy, she was responsible for public disclosures, investor communications and government affairs, and was the principal corporate governance advisor to its board. Prior to joining Cole, Ms. Dunn was a partner in the Business Practice Group of the Cleveland office of Jones Day, a global law firm, and previously was a partner in the corporate practice of Squire Sanders & Dempsey (now Squire Patton Boggs). Ms. Dunn received her law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and received her A.B. degree from Mount Holyoke College.

Jeffrey C. Dutton was elected to the Board of Directors in 2017. Previously, he served as President and CEO of the Company, from January 2017 until March 2018, and as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, from August 2015 until January 2017. In these roles, he oversaw all aspects of the Industrial Materials and Engineered Solutions businesses. Mr. Dutton is a Managing Director in Brookfield’s Private Equity Group, responsible for business operations as well as due diligence within potential target business segments. He joined Brookfield in 2013, coming from one of Brookfield’s operating subsidiaries and an extensive career in the pulp and paper industry, having held senior management positions at several companies. Mr. Dutton served as the CEO and President of Twin Rivers Paper Company, from 2010 to 2013. He served in various executive capacities at Fraser Papers Inc., from 2008 to 2010, and as General Manager of East Papers operations at Fraser Papers Inc., from 2006 to 2008. He also served as President of Republic Paperboard Company of Eagle Materials Inc., from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Dutton served as a director of Twin Rivers Paper Company in 2013, and has served as a director of the Hammerstone Corporation since 2014. Mr. Dutton received his bachelor of science in mechanical engineering technology from the University of Maine.

David Gregory was elected to the Board of Directors in 2019. Since 2010, he has been a Senior Vice President in the Private Equity Group of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., where he is responsible for transaction origination and due diligence. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2010, Mr. Gregory was an analyst at Genuity Capital Markets. Mr. Gregory holds an Honors Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario.

David J. Rintoul became President and CEO and was elected to the Board of Directors in 2018. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Rintoul served as President of U.S. Steel Tubular Products and as a Senior Vice President of United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel). Before that, Mr. Rintoul served in various roles at U.S. Steel beginning in 2007, including oversight of U.S. Steel’s Slovak and Serbian operations. Mr. Rintoul’s career in the steel industry spans 38 years, with positions at both integrated and mini-mill producers in the United States, Europe and Canada, including extensive mini-mill operational experience at North Star Bluescope Steel in Delta, Ohio, from 2001 to 2005; and from construction through full operations at Acme Steel Company in Riverdale, Illinois, from 1995 to 2001. Mr. Rintoul holds an associate’s degree in mechanical engineering technology from Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology, a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Lake Superior State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame.

Anthony R. Taccone was elected to the Board of Directors in 2018, with over 30 years’ consulting experience with companies in the global steel industry and with interests in the steel industry, including suppliers, customers and investors. Since March 1998, he has served as a Founding Partner and co-owner of First River LLC, a boutique strategy consulting firm. At First River, Mr. Taccone has worked with senior management teams, boards, investors and government agencies on challenging and complex issues facing companies in the steel industry, including financial restructurings, capacity rationalizations, mergers and acquisitions, major capital investment decisions, raw material integration strategies and investments in downstream businesses. Prior to joining First River, Mr. Taccone was a strategy consultant at Beddows & Company, from 1988 to 1998. From 1994 until 1998, he was the North American practice leader and served on the Beddows & Company Board of Directors. Prior to his career as a steel industry consultant, Mr. Taccone worked at Mellon Bank as a Country Risk Economist, from 1985 to 1987, and an Industry Economist from 1987 to 1988. He received his undergraduate degree in economics from Washington & Jefferson College and his master’s degree in economics from Duke University.

David J. Rintoul became President and CEO and was elected to the Board of Directors in 2018. Prior to joining GrafTech, Mr. Rintoul served as President of U.S. Steel Tubular Products and as a Senior Vice President of United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel). Before that, Mr. Rintoul served in various roles at U.S. Steel beginning in 2007, including oversight of U.S. Steel’s Slovak and Serbian operations. Mr. Rintoul’s career in the steel industry spans 38 years, with positions at both integrated and mini-mill producers in the United States, Europe and Canada, including extensive mini-mill operational experience at North Star Bluescope Steel in Delta, Ohio, from 2001 to 2005; and from construction through full operations at Acme Steel Company in Riverdale, Illinois, from 1995 to 2001. Mr. Rintoul holds an associate’s degree in mechanical engineering technology from Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology, a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Lake Superior State University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame.

Quinn J. Coburn was appointed GrafTech’s Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in 2015. In this role, he oversees finance, investor relations, tax and treasury. Mr. Coburn has over 20 years of corporate finance, treasury, accounting, planning and analysis, tax and corporate development experience. Since joining GrafTech in 2010, Mr. Coburn has also served as GrafTech’s Treasurer and Vice President of Finance. Prior to joining GrafTech, he served as Vice President and Treasurer of NCR Corporation. He holds an MBA from University of Pennsylvania’s The Wharton School and a bachelor of science in accounting from Utah State University.

Jeremy S. Halford joined GrafTech on May 1, 2019 as Senior Vice President, Operations and Development. Mr. Halford previously served as the President of Arconic Engineered Structures, a producer of highly engineered titanium and aluminum components for the aerospace, defense and oil and gas markets, a position he held since January 2017. Mr. Halford also was President of Doncasters Aerospace, a manufacturer of components and assemblies for the civil and military aero engine and airframe markets, from 2014 to 2016, and Vice President, Global Business Development, Doncasters Group Limited from 2013 to 2014. Previously, he also was President of Mayfran International from 2012 to 2013, and spent seven years at Alcoa in a variety of general management and strategy roles. Mr. Halford holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from GMI Engineering and Management Institute (now Kettering University).

Gina K. Gunning joined GrafTech as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary in July 2018. She has 25 years of law firm and in-house corporate legal experience across multiple industries. Prior to joining GrafTech, she was an Associate General Counsel at FirstEnergy Corp. from 2012 to 2018, where she was responsible for legal matters involving SEC reporting, business development, capital markets, as well as corporate and executive compensation topics. She also served as a partner at Jones Day. Ms. Gunning holds a Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Notre Dame.

Iñigo Perez Ortiz joined GrafTech as Senior Vice President, Commercial in February 2020. Mr. Perez most recently served as Vice President, Europe and Asia, Sales and Customer Service at Alcoa Corporation, a global industry leader in bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products, a position he held since 2017. Previously at Alcoa, Mr. Perez was Commercial Director, Europe and Asia Pacific from 2011 to 2017, Sales Manager, Europe from 2007 to 2011 and Sales Office Manager from 2002 to 2007. Prior to his career at Alcoa, Mr. Perez served in a variety of senior commercial roles at Autopulit S.A., Warner Electric and Babcock Wilcox Espanola, S.A. Mr. Perez holds a Master in Industrial Plans Management, Lean Manufacturing and Engineering degree from Polytechnic University of Barcelona, an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from Instituto de Empresa and a Mining Engineer degree from the University of the Basque Country.