---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915913-22-000156"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALB"
cik: "0000915913"
company_name: "ALBEMARLE CORP"
filed_at: "2022-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T22:12:43.025486+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albemarle GC Karen Narwold to retire April 4, 2023; Kristin Coleman named successor effective Nov. 28, 2023

## Summary
- Karen Narwold, EVP/CAO/GC/Corporate Secretary, will retire after nearly 13 years as GC and 36-year legal career.
- Kristin Coleman joins from US Foods as EVP, GC, and Corporate Secretary on Nov. 28, 2023, reporting to CEO.
- Coleman previously held GC roles at Sears Holdings and Brunswick Corporation and practiced at Sidley Austin.
- Narwold was key in the $6.2B Rockwood Holdings acquisition in 2015 and reengineering the legal department.
- Appointment has a >12-month transition period; Narwold remains until April 4, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915913-22-000156
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALB
- cik: 0000915913
- company_name: ALBEMARLE CORP
- filed_at: 2022-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591322000156/0000915913-22-000156-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591322000156/alb-20221025.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-22-000156
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-22-000156.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-22-000156.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Karen G. Narwold departed as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at ALBEMARLE CORP.
  - Action: will retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
  source text: On October 25, 2022, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Karen G. Narwold, advised the Board of Directors of Albemarle Corporation (the “Company”), that she will retire from the Company effective April 4, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591322000156/0000915913-22-000156-index.htm

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