Cabot Microelectronics Corporation announced the election of Geoffrey Wild to the Board of Directors. Mr. Wild, 59, served as the Chief Executive Officer of AZ Electronic Materials from January 2010 until April 2015, following its 2014 acquisition by Merck KgAa. Prior to that, Mr. Wild was president and Chief Executive Officer of Cascade Microtech Inc. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Nikon Precision Inc. Mr. Wild has been a member of the board of directors of Materion Inc. since 2011, and served as a director of Axcelis Technologies Inc. from 2006 to 2011.

Mr. Wild will continue as director until the company's annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2017. He also was appointed a member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors. The Corporation's Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Wild is an independent director as defined by relevant regulations.