Management Team & Board of Directors

Management

President and Chief Executive Officer

Professional Experience

Mr. Farrell has been our Chairman since May 2019 and President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2016. From November 2014 to December 2015, he was our Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer, prior to which he served as our Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer since May 2007. From September 2006 through May 2007, he was our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Farrell was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alpharma Inc. from April 2002 through August 2006. From July 2000 through April 2002, he served as Vice President, Investor Relations & Communications at Ingersoll-Rand Ltd. From November 1994 through June 2000, he held various senior financial positions at AlliedSignal Inc.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Farrell currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Trinseo PLC, a global materials supplier of latex binders, plastics, and specialty products. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Lydall, Inc., a supplier of engineered thermal, acoustical, and filtration products, from 2003 to April 2021.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Farrell’s intimate knowledge of our Company, gained through over 16 years of executive service as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer or Chief Financial Officer, combined with his four years of experience as the Chief Financial Officer of a pharmaceutical company and many years of experience in other finance and investor relations roles at large multinational companies, enable him to provide important insights and leadership to us and our Board of Directors regarding our operations, including marketing, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, finance and capital structure, performance management, business analytics, compliance, risk management, public company reporting and governance, and investor relations.

Brian Buchert

Executive Vice President of Strategy, M&A and Business Partnerships

Patrick de Maynadier

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Rick Dierker

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Operations

Kevin Gokey

Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer

René Hemsey

Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

Carlen Hooker

Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer

Carlos Linares

Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer & Global New Product Innovation

Surabhi Pokhriyal

Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Growth Officer

Michael Read

Executive Vice President, International

Rick Spann

Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain Officer

Board of Directors

MATTHEW T. FARRELL

Chairman since 2019
Director since 2016
Non-Independent
Age: 67

Executive Committee

Professional Experience

Other Boards and Appointments

Director Qualifications

BRADLEN S. CASHAW

Director since 2021
Independent
Age: 60

Audit Committee
Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee

BRADLEY C. IRWIN

Director since 2006
Independent
Age: 65

Compensation & Human Capital Committee
Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee

PENRY W. PRICE

Director since 2011
Independent
Age: 55

Audit Committee
Chair, Compensation & Human Capital Committee
Executive Committee

SUSAN G. SAIDEMAN

Director since 2020
Independent
Age: 61

Audit Committee
Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee

RAVICHANDRA K. SALIGRAM

Lead Director since 2023
Director since 2006
Independent
Age: 67

Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee
Executive Committee
Compensation & Human Capital Committee

Professional Experience

Mr. Saligram has been the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Newell Brands, a leading global consumer goods company, since May 2022 and the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Newell Brands, from October 2019 to May 2022. Mr. Saligram has announced his intention to retire from Newell Brands on May 16, 2023. Prior to Newell Brands, Mr. Saligram was the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated, the world’s largest industrial equipment auctioneer, since July 2014. From November 2010 through November 2013, he served as the Chief Executive Officer, President, and a member of the board of directors of OfficeMax Incorporated, a company engaged in business-to-business and retail office products distribution. From 2003 through November 2010, he served in various executive management positions with ARAMARK Corporation, a global food services company, including Executive Vice President, President, ARAMARK International, and Chief Globalization Officer, and Senior Vice President of ARAMARK Corporation. From 1994 through 2002, Mr. Saligram served in various capacities for the InterContinental Hotels Group, a global hospitality company, including as President of Brands & Franchise, North America, Chief Marketing Officer & Managing Director, Global Strategy, President, International and President, Asia Pacific. Earlier in his career, Mr. Saligram held various general and brand management positions with S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. in the United States and overseas.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Saligram was a member of the board of directors of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated from July 2014 to October 2019.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Saligram’s extensive experience building businesses and brands in the industrial products, office products distribution, consumer packaged goods, hospitality, and consumer and managed services industries and leadership over operational teams in a large number of countries, enable him to provide our Board of Directors with a valuable global perspective on governance and control matters, as well as on strategic planning and risk assessment.

ROBERT K. SHEARER

Director since 2008
Independent
Age: 72

Audit Committee

JANET S. VERGIS

Director since 2014
Independent
Age: 59

Compensation & Human Capital Committee
Chair, Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee
Executive Committee

MICHAEL R. SMITH

Director since 2024
Independent
Age: 60

Audit Committee

ARTHUR B. WINKLEBLACK

Director since 2008
Independent
Age: 66

Chair, Audit Committee
Executive Committee

Professional Experience

Mr. Winkleblack retired in June 2013 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the HJ Heinz Company, a global packaged food manufacturer, where he had served in such capacity since January 2002. Prior to his tenure with Heinz, Mr. Winkleblack held senior executive positions with various private equity owned businesses from 1996 to 2001, including Perform.com and Freeride.com as part of Indigo Capital, C. Dean Metropolous Group and Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. He was VP & CFO of Commercial Avionics Systems, a division of AlliedSignal, from 1994 to 1996. Previously, he held various finance, strategy and business planning roles at PepsiCo Inc. from 1982 to 1994. Mr. Winkleblack also provided financial and capital markets consulting services to Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers (“RBA”), an industrial auctioneer, from 2014 to 2019. He served as the Senior Advisor to the then RBA’s CEO, Ravichandra K. Saligram, who also serves on our Board of Directors.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Winkleblack currently serves as a member of the board of directors of The Wendy’s Company, a global quick service restaurant company, and Aramark, a global provider of food, facility and uniform services. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Performance Food Group, a company specializing in the distribution of food and food-related products to customers throughout the United States, from 2015 to 2019.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Winkleblack’s substantial executive experience across a broad range of industries enables him to provide our Board of Directors with knowledgeable perspectives on strategic planning, international operations, and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, his nearly 12 years of experience as the Chief Financial Officer of a large, multinational, consumer goods company enables him to bring important perspectives to our Board of Directors on performance management, business analytics, finance and capital structure, compliance, information technology, risk management, public company reporting, and investor relations.

LAURIE J. YOLER

Director since 2018
Independent
Age: 59

Governance, Nominating & Corporate Responsibility Committee
Compensation & Human Capital Committee

Professional Experience

Ms. Yoler is a General Partner at Playground Global, a technology and life sciences venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. She was the Senior Vice President, Business Development of Qualcomm, Inc. and President, Qualcomm Labs, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, Inc., from March 2013 to January 2016, driving internal innovation and exploring opportunities for new businesses, strategic partnerships, acquisitions, investments, and divestitures. From February 2006 to March 2013, Ms. Yoler was a partner and Managing Director at GrowthPoint Technology Partners, a Silicon Valley based investment bank. From September 2004 to July 2005, Ms. Yoler served as Chief Development Officer of Intellectual Ventures LLC, a private equity firm. From March 2001 to September 2004 Ms. Yoler was Vice President, Business Development and Marketing at Packet Design and Precision I/O, two early-stage technology firms. Prior to that, Ms. Yoler was an integral part of the development and launch of many new innovations and products in her roles at Visa Inc., Sun Microsystems, Accenture PLC and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Other Boards and Appointments

Ms. Yoler serves on the Board of Directors of Bose Corporation, a company that designs, develops and sells audio equipment. From 2015 to 2020, Ms. Yoler served as a board member and strategic advisor to Zoox Inc. in the autonomous vehicle and AI software industry until its acquisition by Amazon. She currently serves as a member of the boards of directors of three privately held technology companies, Lacuna AI, Leaf Logistics and Saltbox. From 2003 to 2008, Ms. Yoler was a founding member of the Board of Directors of Tesla, Inc., a company that engages in the design, development, manufacture, and sale of fully electric vehicles, energy generation and storage systems. Ms. Yoler served on Tesla’s advisory board from 2008 until 2013.

Director Qualifications

Ms. Yoler’s extensive experience in the technology industry, spanning strategy, product, corporate development, global sales and marketing, mergers and acquisitions and business development, enables her to provide valuable insights into a wide variety of matters relating to technology, acquisitions, marketing, business development, and international operations.