---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-121066"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KWR"
cik: "0000081362"
company_name: "QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-11-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T22:14:24.666315+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quaker Houghton appoints Joseph Berquist as CEO, replacing Andy Tometich

## Summary
- Joseph Berquist appointed CEO and President effective Nov 18, 2024; also elected to Board as Class I director.
- Berquist previously served as Chief Commercial Officer and has been with the company since 1997.
- Andy Tometich departs as CEO and President; termination is involuntary without cause, not related to any disagreement.
- Berquist's employment agreement: base salary $800K, target bonus 100% of salary, LTI target $2.3M.
- Berquist co-led integration of 2019 Quaker Houghton combination and has been involved in 24 acquisitions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-121066
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KWR
- cik: 0000081362
- company_name: QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-11-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465924121066/0001104659-24-121066-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465924121066/tm2428909d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-121066
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-121066.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-121066.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andrew E. Tometich departed as Chief Executive Officer and President at QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP.
  - Action: no longer serves
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Additionally, effective as of November 18, 2024, Andrew E. Tometich no longer serves as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President or as a member of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465924121066/0001104659-24-121066-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joseph A. Berquist was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: On November 14, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Quaker Chemical Corporation (the “Company”), appointed Joseph A. Berquist, age 53, the Company’s Chief Commercial Officer, to serve as Chief Executive Officer and President, effective November 18, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/81362/000110465924121066/0001104659-24-121066-index.htm

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