---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000081362-24-000106"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KWR"
cik: "0000081362"
company_name: "QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T14:40:32.121337+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quaker Houghton appoints Nandita Bakhshi and Lucrèce Foufopoulos-De Ridder to board

## Summary
- Board expanded from 10 to 12 directors; both appointed as independent members effective July 31, 2024.
- Bakhshi, former President/CEO of Bank of the West, appointed to Audit and Sustainability Committees.
- Foufopoulos-De Ridder, former EVP at Borealis Group, appointed to Compensation & HR and Sustainability Committees.
- Compensation follows standard non-employee director program (annual cash retainer + RSUs) as disclosed in 2024 proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000081362-24-000106
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KWR
- cik: 0000081362
- company_name: QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-07-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000008136224000106/0000081362-24-000106-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000008136224000106/kwr-20240731.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000081362-24-000106.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lucrèce Foufopoulos-De Ridder was elected as Director at QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected Nandita Bakhshi and Lucrèce Foufopoulos-De Ridder, as additional members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000008136224000106/0000081362-24-000106-index.htm
- Executive change
  Nandita Bakhshi was elected as Director at QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected Nandita Bakhshi and Lucrèce Foufopoulos-De Ridder, as additional members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000008136224000106/0000081362-24-000106-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.