Luke Kissam | AIChE

Luke Kissam

GCPS Plenary Keynote Speaker
 
Luther C. Kissam, IV (Luke) is Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Albemarle Corporation, a global specialty chemicals company with leading positions in lithium, bromine, refining catalysts and applied surface treatments. Mr. Kissam was elected Chief Executive Officer, effective September 2011. He was elected to the company’s Board of Directors, effective November 2, 2011, he was named President in May 2013, and named Chairman in November 2016.
Mr. Kissam joined Albemarle in September 2003 as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and served as Senior Vice President, Manufacturing and Law, and Corporate Secretary from January 2008 until his promotion to President in March 2010. Prior to joining Albemarle, Mr. Kissam served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Merisant Company, having previously served as Associate General Counsel of Monsanto Company.
Mr. Kissam graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from The Citadel in 1986 and magna cum laude from the University Of South Carolina School Of Law in 1989.