---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915913-24-000152"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALB"
cik: "0000915913"
company_name: "ALBEMARLE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:53:43.686808+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Albemarle names Donald J. LaBauve Jr. as Chief Accounting Officer effective Nov 11, 2024

## Summary
- Donald J. LaBauve Jr. appointed Chief Accounting Officer, effective November 11, 2024.
- LaBauve returns to CAO role; previously served as CAO from 2014-2019 and most recently CFO of Energy Storage.
- He succeeds John C. Barichivich III, who ceases as principal accounting officer on the effective date.
- LaBauve has been with Albemarle since 1990, holds a BS in Accounting from LSU and is a CPA.
- No family relationships or related-party transactions exist as defined in Regulation S-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915913-24-000152
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALB
- cik: 0000915913
- company_name: ALBEMARLE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591324000152/0000915913-24-000152-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591324000152/alb-20241028.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915913-24-000152.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John C. Barichivich III departed as principal accounting officer at ALBEMARLE CORP.
  - Action: cease serving
  - Role: principal accounting officer
  source text: As previously announced, John C. Barichivich III will cease serving as the Company’s principal accounting officer upon the effective date of Mr. LaBauve’s appointment as his successor.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591324000152/0000915913-24-000152-index.htm
- Executive change
  Donald J. LaBauve, Jr. was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at ALBEMARLE CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On October 28, 2024, Albemarle Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Donald J. LaBauve, Jr. (Jim) as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, effective November 11, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915913/000091591324000152/0000915913-24-000152-index.htm

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