GrafTech International Ltd. announced that its Board of Directors has increased its size to provide for an additional director and appointed Diego Donoso as a director of the Company. The Board is now comprised of nine directors, of which seven are independent with the addition of Mr. Donoso, whose term expires in 2025. Mr. Donoso formerly served as President of Packaging & Specialty Plastics of Dow Inc. (“Dow”), a multinational materials science company, from 2012 until his retirement in April 2023.

Mr. Donoso began his career at Dow more than 30 years ago when he joined Dow as a trainee in the commercial department in São Paulo, Brazil. Since then, Mr. Donoso served in numerous business, commercial and executive leadership positions for Dow. Mr. Donoso has broad international experience and developed expertise in a manufacturing sector affected by economic cycles and volatile market dynamics.