People: KMG Chemicals Inc (KMG)
KMG on New York Consolidated
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Fraser |
54 | 2012 | Chairman of the Board |
J. Neal Butler |
60 | 2007 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director |
John Sobchak |
52 | 2001 | Chief Financial Officer |
Ernest Kremling |
48 | 2008 | Vice President - Operations |
Roger Jackson |
61 | 2002 | Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary |
Richard Urbanowski |
76 | 2000 | Lead Independent Director |
Gerald Ermentrout |
64 | 2008 | Independent Director |
George Gilman |
70 | 1996 | Independent Director |
John Hunter |
65 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Fred Leonard |
67 | 1996 | Independent Director |
Stephen Thorington |
57 | 2007 | Independent Director |
Karen Twitchell |
57 | 2010 | Independent Director |
Eric Glover |
Investor Relations Manager |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Christopher Fraser |
Mr. Christopher T. Fraser has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of KMG Chemicals, Inc., effective December 2012. He serves as Director of the Company since May 2008. Mr. Fraser has broad experience in the chemical industry, much of that experience with global participants. He retired in 2009, but most recently he was the President and CEO of Chemical Lime Company, a position held from 2006. Chemical Lime is the North American producer of calcium based (limestone), alkaline products with various industrial applications including the manufacture of steel, water treatment, flue gas desulphurization, and chemical production. Before joining Chemical Lime, Mr. Fraser was President and CEO of OCI Chemical Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DC Chemical Co. OCI is among the world’s producers of high quality soda ash and sodium percarbonate. Prior to joining OCI in 1996, Mr. Fraser held various positions of responsibility in sales, marketing, business development, operations and general management. In 2011, Mr. Fraser joined the Operating Partner Program of Advent International, and in that position he advises that global equity firm on investment opportunities in the industrial sector, focusing on chemicals and materials. Mr. Fraser holds Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut, as well as a Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. |
J. Neal Butler |
Mr. J. Neal Butler is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of KMG Chemicals, Inc. He joined the Company in 2004 as Chief Operating Officer. He became President in March 2005, and became the CEO in June 2007. Mr. Butler has worked in various capacities for agricultural chemical companies since 1976. From 1976 to 1998 he worked for ISK Biosciences, Inc. in sales and in operations, becoming Vice President and General Manager/Americas in the specialty chemical division. From 1998 to 2001, he was Vice President and team leader for Horticulture for Zeneca Agrichemicals, Inc., a agricultural products chemical company. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Butler was President and CEO of Naturize Biosciences, Inc., a company providing biological products for agriculture, and from 2003 until he joined the Company he did consulting in the agricultural chemicals industry. He has also served on several industry association boards. |
John Sobchak |
Mr. John V. Sobchak is Chief Financial Officer of KMG Chemicals, Inc., since 2001. Before he joined the Company, Mr. Sobchak had been the CFO of Novistar, Inc., a joint venture between Torch Energy Advisors, Inc. and Oracle Corporation, and prior to that he had been the Treasurer of Torch Energy Advisors, Inc. He was employed from 1988 to 1997 by Mesa, Inc, a publicly traded oil and gas company, most recently as its Treasurer. |
Ernest Kremling |
Mr. Ernest C. Kremling, II, is Vice President - Operations of KMG Chemicals, Inc. Prior to that, Mr. Kremling spent 20 years with the Dow Chemical Company in various manufacturing roles, which included project management and plant and site leadership. During the course of his employment with Dow, he worked in Asia for several years and held positions of global responsibility that covered Asia, Europe and South America. |
Roger Jackson |
Mr. Roger C. Jackson is Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of KMG Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Jackson was elected Secretary in 2001, and became Vice President and General Counsel in 2002. Prior to then, Mr. Jackson had been a partner since 1995 in Woods & Jackson, L.L.P. and had been a partner in the Houston law firm Brown, Parker & Leahy L.L.P. beginning in 1985. |
Richard Urbanowski |
Mr. Richard L. Urbanowski is Lead Independent Director of KMG Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Urbanowski retired in 1998 as President and Chief Operating Officer of ISK Biosciences Corporation, an international specialty chemicals company selling crop protection chemicals and wood preservative products. Mr. Urbanowski began his career with Diamond Alkali Company where he held various positions in research and development, engineering, operations, production, domestic and international sales and business management. He is currently a director of the CropLife of America Foundation. Mr. Urbanowski also served from 2005 until August 2007 as a director of Pioneer Companies, Inc., a publicly-held chemical company. |
Gerald Ermentrout |
Mr. Gerald G. Ermentrout is Independent Director of KMG Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Ermentrout has over 30 years experience in industrial gases and electronic chemicals. He joined Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. in 1975 and held various positions until his retirement in early 2007. From 1996 to 2007, Mr. Ermentrout served as the Vice President and General Manager of the Electronic Chemicals Division, which included the high-purity process chemicals business that the Company acquired in December 2007. In that position, he managed Air Products’ global materials and equipment business serving the semiconductor and flat panel display industries, with responsibility for sales, marketing and operations. During his tenure at Air Products, Mr. Ermentrout also held positions where he managed oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen plants and pipeline systems, as well as managed acquisitions and divestitures. Currently he serves on the board of directors of AZ Electronic Materials, a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange. He received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the United States Naval Academy and a Masters of Business Administration from Lehigh University. |
George Gilman |
Mr. George W. Gilman is Independent Director of Kmg Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Gilman served as a director of the Company's subsidiary KMG-Bernuth from 1995 until 1997. Mr. Gilman has served as the CEO, President and as a director of Commerce Securities Corporation, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority member firm, since 1982. He practiced law with the law firm of George Gilman, P.C. from 1986 to 1998, and since 1998 has practiced with the law firm of Gilman & Gilman, P.C. He also has been involved in the commercial real estate business since 1987, and currently through Gulf Equities Realty Advisors and Tex Sun Commercial Realty Co. Mr. Gilman is a certified public accountant. |
John Hunter |
Mr. John C. Hunter, III, has been appointed as Independent Director of KMG Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Hunter has over 40 years of global chemical industry experience. He began his career in 1969 with Monsanto Company, and for the next three decades held positions of increasing responsibility in areas such as engineering, sales, and management. He was appointed Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, for the Specialty Chemicals Division of Monsanto Chemical Company in 1989, and Vice President and General Manager, Fibers Division and Asia-Pacific for the Chemicals Group, an operating unit of Monsanto Company, in 1993. Mr. Hunter became President of the Fibers Business Unit in 1995. In September 1997, Monsanto spun off its chemicals business as Solutia Inc., and Mr. Hunter was appointed its President and Chief Operating Officer. He became President and Chief Executive Officer in May of 1999, and added the role of Chairman of the Board on December 1, 1999. Mr. Hunter retired as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Solutia in 2004. Mr. Hunter is currently a member of the Board of Directors, chair of the governance committee and a member of the audit and the executive committees of Penford Corporation. He is also a member of the Board of Directors and chair of the compensation and nominating committee of Energizer Holdings, Inc. He received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the University of Houston. |
Fred Leonard |
Mr. Fred C. Leonard, III, is Independent Director of KMG Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Leonard also served as a director of the Company's subsidiary KMG-Bernuth from 1992 until 1997, and served as the Secretary of KMG-Bernuth from 1993 until 2001. Since 1972, Mr. Leonard has served as the Chair of the Board, CEO and President of Valves Incorporated of Texas, Inc., a manufacturing company located in Houston, Texas. Mr. Leonard also currently serves as a board member of Integrity Bank, SSB, an independent community bank in Houston, Texas, and DKI Investments Incorporated, a private Texas Corporation formed to acquire and operate companies. |
Stephen Thorington |
Mr. Stephen A. Thorington is Independent Director of KMG Chemicals, Inc. Mr. Thorington was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Plains Exploration & Production Company, a New York Stock Exchange listed company from 2002 until he retired from that position in May 2006. He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Plains Resources, Inc. from 2002 until 2004. From 1999 to 2002 he was Senior Vice President-Finance & Corporate Development of Ocean Energy, Inc. and from 1996 until 1999 he was Vice President-Finance of Seagull Energy Company. Prior to 1996, Mr. Thorington was a Managing Director of Chase Securities and the Chase Manhattan Bank. Mr. Thorington currently serves as a director, audit committee chairman and a member of the executive committee of EQT Corporation, a diversified energy company engaged in natural gas production, transportation and distribution, and he is a director, audit committee chairman and member of the conflicts committee and compensation committee of QRE GP, LLC, the general partner of QR Energy, LP, a publicly traded oil and gas master limited partnership. |
Karen Twitchell |
Ms. Karen A. Twitchell is Independent Director of KMG Chemicals, Inc. Ms. Twitchell is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Landmark Aviation, where she is responsible for all financial and strategic planning functions. Previously, Ms. Twitchell was Vice President and Treasurer of LyondellBasell Industries and Lyondell Chemical Company (a predecessor by merger to LyondellBasell) from 2001 to 2009, where she was responsible for global treasury operations for this worldwide chemical and refining company. Before that, she had served as Vice President and Treasurer of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and of Southdown Inc., and before joining Southdown, Ms. Twitchell was an investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston in its corporate finance department. Ms. Twitchell holds a B.A. in Economics from Wellesley College and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. |
Eric Glover |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Christopher Fraser |
-- |
J. Neal Butler |
859,454 |
John Sobchak |
439,106 |
Ernest Kremling |
430,557 |
Roger Jackson |
360,592 |
Richard Urbanowski |
-- |
Gerald Ermentrout |
-- |
George Gilman |
-- |
John Hunter |
-- |
Fred Leonard |
-- |
Stephen Thorington |
-- |
Karen Twitchell |
-- |
Eric Glover |
-- |
As Of 30 Jul 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Christopher Fraser |
0 | 0 |
J. Neal Butler |
175,000 | 1,064,450 |
John Sobchak |
75,000 | 688,000 |
Ernest Kremling |
0 | 0 |
Roger Jackson |
200,000 | 846,000 |
Richard Urbanowski |
0 | 0 |
Gerald Ermentrout |
0 | 0 |
George Gilman |
0 | 0 |
John Hunter |
0 | 0 |
Fred Leonard |
0 | 0 |
Stephen Thorington |
0 | 0 |
Karen Twitchell |
0 | 0 |
Eric Glover |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
HATCHER DAVID L |
2,537 | $18.06 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
5,000 | $18.05 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
5,000 | $18.03 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
5,000 | $17.95 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
5,000 | $17.74 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
5,000 | $17.43 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
5,000 | $17.37 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
3,230 | $17.49 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
1,758 | $18.01 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
2,550 | $18.56 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
508 | $19.08 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
4,000 | $19.13 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
4,000 | $19.15 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
719 | $19.67 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
4,000 | $19.66 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
3,500 | $19.61 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
4,000 | $19.51 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
2,800 | $19.56 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
2,800 | $19.73 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
4,000 | $19.77 |
HATCHER DAVID L |
4,000 | $19.71 |
THORINGTON STEPHEN A |
765 | $19.60 |
ERMENTROUT GERALD G |
765 | $19.60 |
HUNTER JOHN C III |
765 | $19.60 |
TWITCHELL KAREN A |
765 | $19.60 |
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