Personnel Appointments at Lubrizol

The Lubrizol Corporation promoted Dorina Ghirardi to global R&D director, personal and home care. In this role, she will work with an emphasis on providing technologies that deliver valued solutions for customer needs. She will be responsible for the group’s alignment and for directing the R&D function for the business in the areas of synthesis, applications, new product development and technical service.

Ghirardi joined Lubrizol in 1998 as the technical service manager for Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia. She has more than 25 years of technical experience in the personal care industry.

Dr. Sanjay Kalhan, Ph.D. is promoted to the newly created position of global business director for home care. He will drive the global home care business. More specifically, Dr. Kalhan will develop and implement market growth strategies and align and prioritize business development initiatives, as well as develop the business’ organizational capacity. He joined Lubrizol in 1995 as a research chemist, and thereafter worked in a number of commercial and technical positions.

Arul Mathew is promoted to the position of business director, personal and home care for Asia Pacific. In his role, Mathew will direct all commercial and technical activities for the region. Key aspects of his role include: regional business, technical and market focus; development and implementation of growth strategies; organizational development and alignment; and providing value solutions to our customers in the region.

Since joining Lubrizol in February 2004, Mathew has held a number of key roles in product management, supply chain, strategic pricing, sales & operations planning, marketing and commercial strategy.

Rick Tolin, Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. vice president and general manager, personal and home care says, “The promotion of Dorina and the addition of Sanjay and Arul to the personal and home care business greatly enhance the leadership of our global team. Their broad experiences are a strategic fit with the business and will be instrumental in enabling us to provide added innovative solutions to our global customers.”