BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE: EAF) (“GrafTech” or the “Company”) announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Rory O’Donnell to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of the Company, effective September 3, 2024. Mr. O’Donnell will serve as a member of the Company’s executive leadership team and report directly to Chief Executive Officer and President Timothy Flanagan. He will be responsible for overseeing all financial aspects of the Company.
“I am pleased to announce Rory’s appointment as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and welcome him to GrafTech,” said Timothy Flanagan, Chief Executive Officer and President. “With his extensive financial expertise and numerous leadership positions, we look forward to benefiting from Rory’s experience and knowledge as we move ahead.”
Mr. O’Donnell previously served as Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of Covia Corporation, a provider of mineral-based and material solutions for the industrial and energy markets, since February 2019. While at Covia Corporation, he also served as Interim Chief Financial Officer from August 2022 to July 2023. Prior to Covia Corporation, Mr. O’Donnell served as Senior Vice President, Controller at Signet Jewelers Limited (NYSE: SIG), a retailer of diamond jewelry, from 2014 to 2019. Before joining Signet Jewelers Limited, Mr. O’Donnell served as Director, Accounting & Reporting at Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (NYSE: CLF), a North America-based steel producer. Mr. O’Donnell began his career at KPMG LLP, a professional services firm. Mr. O’Donnell has a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Dayton and is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Ohio.
About GrafTech
GrafTech International Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of high-quality graphite electrode products essential to the production of electric arc furnace steel and other ferrous and non-ferrous metals. The Company has a competitive portfolio of low-cost, ultra-high power graphite electrode manufacturing facilities, with some of the highest capacity facilities in the world. We are the only large-scale graphite electrode producer that is substantially vertically integrated into petroleum needle coke, our key raw material for graphite electrode manufacturing. This unique position provides us with competitive advantages in product quality and cost.
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