GrafTech International Ltd. announced that Marcel Kessler has been appointed as the Company's Chief Executive Officer effective July 1, 2022. David J. Rintoul, the Company's current Chief Executive Officer previously informed the Company of his intention to retire from the Company and resign from the Board effective as of June 30, 2022. Mr. Kessler previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pason Systems Inc. (“Pason”), a global provider of specialized data management systems for oil and gas drilling, from 2011 to 2020, and has been a director of Pason since 2012 and is currently serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pason.

Before joining Pason in 2011, Mr. Kessler was President, North America, of Exploration Logistics Group, an assistance, medical, safety and security solutions provider, President and Chief Executive Officer of CCR Technologies, a provider of solvent reclaiming services, and was a Partner at McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm.