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Tony R. Thene, was appointed as a Director and President and Chief Executive Officer of Carpenter effective July 1, 2015. He joined Carpenter in January 2013 and served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Carpenter, Mr. Thene served as Vice President of Alcoa, Inc. and the Chief Financial Officer of the Engineered Products and Solutions Group from 2007 until 2010. Previously, he served as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Alcoa. Earlier in his career, Mr. Thene worked as plant controller at Alcoa’s Ft. Meade, Florida, and Bauxite, Arkansas facilities before being named Director of Manufacturing for Alcoa’s Industrial Chemicals Division, Arkansas Operations. In 1998, he joined Alcoa’s Wheel and Forged Products Division in Cleveland, Ohio, as Division Controller. In 2001, Mr. Thene moved to Alcoa’s New York Office as Director of the Corporate Financial Analysis and Planning Group, and a year later, he was named Chief Financial Officer for Alcoa World Alumina and Chemicals. He was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer of Alcoa’s Global Rolled Products and Hard Alloy Extrusions Group in 2004, and in 2005, he became Alcoa’s Director of Investor Relations. Mr. Thene earned his undergraduate degree in Accounting from Indiana State University and his MBA from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and serves as a member of the Board’s Science and Technology Committee.

Max Mitchell is a Board Member at Crane Co, President/CEO at Crane Co, and Board Member at LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC and is based in Weston, Connecticut. He has experience at Ford and Danaher and has worked as Pres:Fluid Handling at Crane Co, Senior VP:Global Operations at Pentair Tools Group Inc, and Exec VP/COO/Pres:Fluid at Crane Co. Max studied at Tulane University and Katz Graduate School of Business.

Gene Lowe was named president and chief executive officer of the new SPX Corporation in 2015. In this leadership role, he is responsible for driving the company’s overall growth and profitability as a diversified, global supplier of infrastructure equipment focused on three key segments: HVAC, detection and measurement, and power. Gene joined SPX in 2008, holding multiple strategic leadership positions, most recently as the president of SPX’s Thermal Equipment and Services segment. His tenure at SPX also includes roles leading the Evaporative Cooling business and the marketing, strategy, and business development functions within the Thermal segment where he focused on driving differentiation through technology innovation and operational initiatives. Prior to joining SPX, Gene held positions with Milliken, Bain & Company and Lazard Technology Partners. Gene earned his MBA with distinguished honors from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business and his B.S. in management science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Highly innovative, integrative, and results-oriented leader with experience in leading privately owned and publicly traded engineering and construction, international electronics, software engineering and manufacturing businesses. Qualifications include full profit and loss responsibility for multiple business units. Specific experience in developing solutions for clients and improving operating effectiveness including relationship management with customers and suppliers, project life cycle delivery and controls, talent and performance management, contract risk and claims management. Extensive experience in raising capital in public and private markets, mergers and acquisitions. Integration/optimization in sustainability IPO/Capital Markets/SEC Safety & Quality Assurance Turnarounds/Transformations Operating excellence Financial/business acumen Business development and alliances Commercial management