H. John Riley, Jr.

Overview

On November 30, 2007, the Board of Directors of Westlake Chemical Corporation held a special meeting at which the board decided unanimously to fill a vacancy in the Class II directors of the Company by electing H. John Riley, Jr. as a member of the board, with a term to expire at the Company's annual meeting of stockholders in 2009. Mr. Riley has been appointed to serve on the Audit Committee. For over two decades Mr. Riley was an executive at Cooper Industries, a diversified international manufacturer, marketer and seller of electrical goods, where he held increasingly important positions, starting with vice president in 1979 and progressing to president in 1992, CEO in 1995 and chairman in 1996 until 2006. Mr. Riley currently serves on the boards of Baker Hughes, Inc., Allstate Corporation and Post Oak Bank, N.A. He also serves as a director of Central Houston, Inc., the Museum of Fine Arts, Junior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc., and Syracuse University. Mr. Riley holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Syracuse University and a certificate in advanced management from Harvard University.