Albemarle Names Sandra Rodriguez as Director of Investor Relations

BATON ROUGE, La., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation has promoted Sandra B. Rodriguez to director of investor relations. In her new role, Rodriguez will oversee all investor relations activities for the company, ensuring that Albemarle's corporate strategy, business objectives, and activities are effectively communicated to the investment community, financial media and general public.

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A certified public accountant, Rodriguez joined Albemarle's corporate finance group in 1994. She subsequently held key roles in integrating Albemarle's global financial business processes and systems for mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Albemarle, Rodriguez worked in public accounting for Deloitte & Touche serving audit clients in various industries.

Albemarle President and Chief Executive Officer Mark C. Rohr said, "With 13 years of experience in strategic financial roles for Albemarle, Sandra is well suited to direct Albemarle's investor relations activities. Her extensive technical skills, combined with her broad-based understanding of our business, will further enhance our relationships with Wall Street and our valued shareholders."

A native of New Orleans, Rodriguez received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Louisiana State University.

Albemarle Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a leading global developer, manufacturer and marketer of highly engineered specialty chemicals for consumer electronics; petroleum and petrochemical processing; transportation and industrial products; pharmaceuticals; agricultural products; and construction and packaging materials. The Company operates in three business segments-Polymer Additives, Catalysts and Fine Chemicals, and serves customers in approximately 100 countries. Learn more about Albemarle at http://www.albemarle.com/.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Albemarle Corporation's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K.