At the most recent meeting of the CPCA Board of Directors, Governance Committee chair Steve Veroba of Benjamin Moore nominated Katie Maljaei of Brenntag Canada as new board member. The nomination was unanimously accepted by the Board and effective immediately.

She will be one of three board members representing the Supplier/Distributor Class.

“Katie’s nomination will proceed to the full membership for confirmation at the next Annual General Meeting,” Veroba said

The next AGM will be held at CPCA’s Annual Conference on May 24-25 at the Queen’s Landing Hotel in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

“We are so pleased that Katie has agreed to join the CPCA board as her experience in the CASE industry in Canada will certainly be critical in helping with the Board’s work and overall strategic direction,” said Darrin Noble, president and COO of Cloverdale Paint and CPCA Board chair.

Maljaei has a long history of working in the chemical industry. After moving to Canada in 1996, Maljaei started with SICO as a formulator in Montreal, now under the PPG suite of brands, and subsequently worked with what is now Protech Paint in Quebec.

In 1998 she more permanently settled with Akzo Nobel in St. Jerome as the eventual Waterborne Coatings Group leader for nine years gaining experience in formulating, production, and customer trials. In 2006, she began working with St. Lawrence Chemical Distribution, later acquired by Brenntag Canada, and in 2018-2021 was the senior product manager for Brenntag and is now the Canadian national sales manager.

Maljaei has a broad knowledge of the industry and is involved in a number of organizations such as the Order of Engineers of Quebec, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, and the International Society of Female Professionals. Speaking four languages means she has little trouble communicating widely.

“The entire board and management of CPCA are delighted Katie decided to answer the call to the Board and we look forward to working with her in the coming years,” Noble added.