Keith Corkwell

Senior Vice President,
President, Lubrizol Additives

Keith Corkwell is President, Lubrizol Additives, and Senior Vice President for The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. 

Keith is responsible for leading Lubrizol’s Additives division, focused on solving customer challenges and creating opportunities through additives and fluid engineering for Transportation and Industrial applications. 

Keith is an industry veteran, spending time with oil and gas companies like Texaco and BP, before joining Lubrizol, where he has served for 25 years. In his decades at Lubrizol, he has led commercial and product teams serving customers around the globe and across the Additives portfolio, from fuel additives, heavy duty engine oil, driveline, e-mobility and a variety of other categories. He most recently served as Vice President, Additives Americas.

Keith holds two Bachelor of Science degrees, including one in Physics and another in Mechanical Engineering, from the State University of New York and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute respectively. He also earned his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer, before receiving an MBA in Marketing from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

Keith is involved in several nonprofit organizations and service opportunities, including serving as the Vice President of the Foundation for Geauga Parks, participating in Learning About Business (LAB) and serving as a Committee Chairman for the Boy Scouts of America.

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