Quaker Chemical elects new chairman

U.S.-based Quaker Chemical Corp. announced that Michael F. Barry, chief executive officer (CEO) and president, has been elected as chairman of the board (COB), effective May 13. He served as Quaker’s chief financial officer for six years, from 1998 to 2004. He had also been part of the company’s management executive committee, which oversees Quaker’s worldwide business, since 1998. Barry replaces Ronald J. Naples, who served as chairman from 1997 and stepped down as CEO in October 2008. Naples remains a member of the board of directors of the corporation. (May 13, 2009)