Applied Nanotech Holdings, Inc. announced that Paul F. Rocheleau was appointed to the company’s Board of Directors.

Rocheleau has extensive experience in the global materials and chemicals industry. Over the past three years, he provided strategic and financial advisory services for a range of technology and industrial companies as a managing director at Cary Street Partners, a regional investment banking firm based in Richmond, VA. Prior experience included positions as senior VP and CFO of Albermarle Corporation, a $2 billion NYSE listed chemical company, and 15 years, including three as CEO, with Albright & Wilson, PLC, a $1.2 billion multinational chemical company.

Rocheleau currently serves on the Board of Directors of NanoChemonics, a specialty nano-materials company and serves on the advisory board of Mikro Systems, Inc., a high-precision engineering and materials fabrication company. He also is a founding trustee of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering, where he currently serves as president of the foundation.

“I want to welcome Paul to the Board,” said Dr. Robert Ronstadt, chairman of Applied Nanotech. “We are fortunate to find a board member of Paul’s caliber. His extensive knowledge of the global materials and chemical industries will be invaluable to us in expanding our proprietary conductive inks, and specialty carbon nanotube composites business, while his broad business experience will be helpful in all areas.”