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Manish Bhandari is a Chief Executive Officer at AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS. He studied at Jai Narain Vyas University and INSEAD.

John M. Roth became a Director in connection with our recapitalization in February 2005. Mr. Roth joined Freeman Spogli & Co., a private equity investment firm, in 1988, became a general partner in 1993 and has served as Chief Executive Officer since January 2016. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Roth was employed by Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Mr. Roth serves as a director on the board of El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., a restaurant chain. Mr. Roth brings to our Board extensive experience as a board member of numerous retail and consumer businesses and has extensive experience and insights into strategic expansion opportunities, capital markets and capitalization strategies.

Hendrik 'Henk' Hartong is a Chairman at Pearson Candy Company, Chairman at Hometown Food Company, and Chairman at Sunny Delight Beverages Co. He has experience at DUNKIN' BRANDS GROUP, INC. and has worked as Chairman at Balance Bar, Chairman at DeMet’s Candy Company, and Chairman at Sun Country Foods Inc. Hendrik works or has worked at Nestlé. He studied at Lafayette College and Harvard University.

Rich Lawson is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of HGGC. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, HGGC is a leading private equity firm with over $5.6 billion in cumulative capital commitments and manages portfolio companies that employ more than 70,000 employees globally. Mr. Lawson has been involved in all phases of the firm’s development since its formation and directs the firm’s strategy and investment decisions, governance and investor relations. Since HGGC’s inception, Mr. Lawson has overseen over 300 completed transactions representing more than $40 billion in aggregate transaction value. Mr. Lawson is Chairman of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition vehicle backed by affiliates of HGGC and Industry Ventures and also serves as a director, chairman emeritus or trustee of several philanthropic and cultural institutions including the Capital Impact Foundation, San Francisco Zoo, Wasatch Adaptive Sports and the Forever Young Foundation, the organization that is a primary benefactor of HGGC's carried interest proceeds used to support extensive philanthropic work in children's causes around the world. Prior to leading HGGC, Mr. Lawson established predecessor private equity funds Huntsman Gay Capital Partners in 2007 with industrialist Jon M. Huntsman and Robert C. Gay, as well as Sorenson Capital in 2002 with medical products pioneer James LeVoy Sorenson. Mr. Lawson also worked at Morgan Stanley in its mergers and acquisitions department and served as President and Chief Executive Officer of enterprise software company Found, Inc. Mr. Lawson received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and B.A. from Amherst College.