Quaker Chemical Corp: appoints vice president, chief accounting officer

What happened

• The filing reports that on Oct 16, 2026, Quaker Chemical Corp appointed Neil Daniels, age 61, as vice president, chief accounting officer, effective upon his anticipated employment start date of Nov 16, 2026.
• Mr. Daniels will serve as the company’s principal accounting officer. The company entered into an Employment Agreement with Mr. Daniels dated Oct 16, 2026.

Key details

• Annual base salary of $370,000.
• Eligibility for the company’s Annual Incentive Plan with a target award of 35% of his base salary for 2027.
• Eligible for the Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan with an annual grant having an aggregate value of $110,000.
• Cash sign-on bonus of $175,000, subject to repayment under certain termination circumstances.
• Employment Agreement includes non-disclosure, non-competition, and non-solicitation covenants similar to other officers.
• Prior roles: consultant to Teleflex Inc. (rejoined Feb 2025 after serving at Teleflex from 2012 through 2022); vice president and global controller at Nouryon (May 2024 to Feb 2025); vice president and corporate controller at Emergent BioSolutions (Nov 2022 to May 2024). Mr. Daniels is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting.
• In connection with the appointment, Thomas Coler will cease to serve as the company’s principal accounting officer (a role he held since Jul 22, 2026) and will continue to serve as executive vice president, chief financial officer.
• The filing states there are no arrangements or understandings that led to Mr. Daniels’s selection, no family relationships with company directors or executive officers, and no material interests requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Why it may matter

• The report was filed under Item 5.02 (departure of directors or certain officers; election of directors), which covers officer appointments and related employment agreement terms. This filing does not show why the insider traded or why the company acted.