Cabot Corporation announced that Michelle Williams, Ph.D., has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective September 13, 2023. She was also appointed a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, effective September 13, 2023.

Prior to her retirement in 2021, Dr. Williams was Global Group President of Altuglas International, a manufacturer of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and a subsidiary of Arkema S.A., a manufacturer of specialty chemicals and advanced materials.

Dr. Williams has been a Director of Brady Corporation, a manufacturer and supplier of identification solutions and workplace safety products, since 2019, where she serves as Chair of the Technology Committee and a member of the Management Development and Compensation and Corporate Governance Committees.

Sue H. Rataj, Non-Executive Chair of Cabot’s Board of Directors, said, “We are very pleased to welcome Michelle to our Board. Her extensive experience and business leadership roles in strategy, commercial and operational excellence, new business development, and innovation across diverse specialty chemicals and advanced materials industries provides the Board with important expertise and perspective that will further enhance the Board’s depth of expertise and capabilities that are necessary to oversee the Company’s Creating for Tomorrow strategy.”