HENRY R. KEIZER - Corporate Board Profile

GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2022-04-07	Mr. Keizer was elected to the Board in October 2021. Mr. Keizer formerly served as Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of KPMG, the U.S.-based and largest individual member firm of KPMG International, or KPMGI, a role from which he retired in December 2012. KPMGI is a professional services organization that provides audit, tax and advisory services in approximately 150 countries. Mr. Keizer previously held a number of senior leadership positions throughout his 35 years at KPMG, including Global Head of Audit from 2006 to 2010 and U.S. Vice Chairman of Audit from 2005 to 2010. Mr. Keizer holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, summa cum laude, from Montclair State University, New Jersey. Mr. Keizer has significant management, operating and leadership skills gained as Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of KPMG and as a director of multiple public and private companies. Mr. Keizer, a certified public accountant, has extensive knowledge and understanding of financial accounting, internal control over financial reporting and auditing standards from his many years of experience and key leadership positions he held with KPMG.
2023-04-06	Mr. Keizer holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, summa cum laude, from Montclair State University, New Jersey. Mr. Keizer has significant management, operating and leadership skills gained as Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of KPMG and as a director of multiple public and private companies. Mr. Keizer, a certified public accountant, has extensive knowledge and understanding of financial accounting, internal control over financial reporting and auditing standards from his many years of experience and key leadership positions he held with KPMG.
2025-04-03	Mr. Keizer was elected to the Board in October 2021 and became Chairman in May 2023. Mr. Keizer formerly served as Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of KPMG, the U.S.-based and largest individual member firm of KPMG International (“KPMGI”), a role from which he retired in December 2012. KPMGI is a professional services organization that provides audit, tax and advisory services in approximately 150 countries. Mr. Keizer previously held several senior leadership positions throughout his 35 years at KPMG, including Global Head of Audit from 2006 to 2010 and U.S. Vice Chairman of Audit from 2005 to 2010. Mr. Keizer currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) and as a trustee and audit committee chair of the Multi-Asset Fund Complex at BlackRock where he provides oversight to approximately 150 registered investment companies within the fund complex. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) and The Hertz Corporation from 2015 to 2021; a director and audit committee chair of WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE: WBC) from 2015 until it was sold in May 2020; and as a director and audit committee chair of MUFG Americas Holdings, Inc. and MUFG Union Bank, a financial and bank holding company, from 2014 to 2016. Mr. Keizer was also a director of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 2008 to 2011. Mr. Keizer holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, summa cum laude, from Montclair State University, New Jersey. Mr. Keizer has significant governance, management, operating and leadership skills gained as Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of KPMG and as a director of multiple public and private companies. In addition, Mr. Keizer, is a certified public accountant, with extensive knowledge and understanding of financial accounting, internal control over financial reporting and auditing standards. Mr. Keizer also has over four decades of diverse industry perspective gained through advising companies engaged in manufacturing, banking, insurance, consumer products, retail, and technology.