GrafTech International Ltd. announced that has appointed Timothy K. Flanagan as Chief Executive Officer, effective March 26, 2024. Mr. Flanagan has served as GrafTech's interim Chief Executive Officer and President since November 2023. He joined the Company in November 2021, upon being appointed GrafTech's Chief Financial Officer, Vice President Finance and Treasurer.

Mr. Flanagan previously served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., a flat-rolled steel producer and supplier of iron ore pellets, from January 2017 to February 2019. Prior to being promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Cleveland-Cliffs, he held a variety of financial leadership roles at Cleveland-Cliffs since joining in 2008. More recently, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan Aronoff, LLP, an AmLaw 200 law firm, from June 2019 to November 2021.