MSC Industrial Direct Co CEO and leadership

Erik Gershwind is MSC Industrial Supply Co.'s President and Chief Executive Officer. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2011-2012, was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2009 and was elected to MSC's Board of Directors in October 2010. For more than 15 years, Erik has managed key aspects of MSC's business, beginning with mergers and acquisitions in 1996 and expanding into sales, product management, marketing and e-Commerce. Since 2008, Erik has led the company's strategic team responsible for directing the business into new growth markets. In 1999, Erik established MSC's highly successful internet business that today features more than 900,000 products and represents more than 41 percent of the company's revenue.

Matthew Sherman is a Founder/Chief Marketing Officer at MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC; Founder, Founder/CMO at SMS Consulting; and Chief Marketing Officer at Handsome Brook Farms and is based in New York. He has worked as Employee at Garnier Fructis Style; Senior Director - Marketing at Chobani; and MBA Intern, Worldwide Products for feminine care at Johnson Johnson Personal Products Company.. Matthew studied at University of Michigan Ross School of Business and Washington University.

Steven 'Steve' Baruch is an Exec VP/Chief Strategy & Marketing Ofcr at MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC and Senior VP:Strategy & Marketing at MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC. He has worked as VP:eCOMMERCE at MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC and VP:Digital & Strategy at MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC.

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. is one of the premier distributors of Metalworking and Maintenance, Repair and Operation (“MRO”) supplies to industrial customers throughout the United States. MSC distributes approximately 590,000 industrial products from approximately 3,000 suppliers to approximately 371,000 customers. In-stock availability is approximately 99%, with next day standard delivery to the contiguous United States on qualifying orders up until 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. MSC reaches its customers through a combination of approximately 27 million direct-mail catalogs and CD-ROMs, 97 branch sales offices, 912 sales people, the Internet and associations with some of the world's most prominent B2B e-commerce portals. For more information, visit the Company's website at http://www.mscdirect.com.Current member of the Federal Reserve Advisory Board for the 5th district. Past member of the Board of Directors for the Long Island Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the Fortna Advisory Board.

Kristen Actis-Grande is an EVP and Chief Financial Officer at MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC and is based in Davidson, North Carolina. She has worked as VP Investor Relations and FP&A at Ingersoll Rand. Kristen attended Lehigh University College of Business between 1999 and 2003, Kelley School of Business between 2009 and 2012, and Lehigh Technologies.

Ms. Bledsoe was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer of the Company in November 2020. Previously, she served as our Vice President and Chief People Officer from January 2019 to November 2020, and as our Director, Human Resources - Corporate Functions from February 2015 to January 2019. Prior to joining MSC, Ms. Bledsoe served in various human resources leadership roles of increasing responsibility at Ingersoll-Rand plc.

Charles Bonomo is a Senior Vice President and CIO at MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC.

Kari Heerdt is a Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer at MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC.

Matthew Sherman is a Founder/Chief Marketing Officer at MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC; Founder, Founder/CMO at SMS Consulting; and Chief Marketing Officer at Handsome Brook Farms and is based in New York. He has worked as Employee at Garnier Fructis Style; Senior Director - Marketing at Chobani; and MBA Intern, Worldwide Products for feminine care at Johnson Johnson Personal Products Company.. Matthew studied at University of Michigan Ross School of Business and Washington University.

Erik Gershwind is MSC Industrial Supply Co.'s President and Chief Executive Officer. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2011-2012, was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2009 and was elected to MSC's Board of Directors in October 2010. For more than 15 years, Erik has managed key aspects of MSC's business, beginning with mergers and acquisitions in 1996 and expanding into sales, product management, marketing and e-Commerce. Since 2008, Erik has led the company's strategic team responsible for directing the business into new growth markets. In 1999, Erik established MSC's highly successful internet business that today features more than 900,000 products and represents more than 41 percent of the company's revenue.