People: Gardner Denver Inc (GDI)

GDI on New York Consolidated

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Diane Schumacher

58 2011 Independent Chairman of the Board

Michael Larsen

44 2012 President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Director

Brent Walters

48 2010 Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel, Secretary

Susan Gunn

41 2012 Vice President - Human Resources

T. Duane Morgan

63 2012 Vice President, President - Engineered Products Group

Vincent Trupiano

48 2013 Vice President, President - Industrial Products Group

Michael Arnold

55 2009 Independent Director

Donald Barger

69 1994 Independent Director

John Craig

61 2011 Independent Director

Raymond Hipp

70 1998 Independent Director

David Petratis

55 2004 Independent Director

Charles Szews

56 2006 Independent Director

Richard Thompson

73 1998 Independent Director

Vikram Kini

Vice President - Global FP&A & Investor Relations

Biographies

Name Description

Diane Schumacher

Mrs. Diane K. Schumacher is an Independent Chairman of the Board of Gardner Denver Inc., since November 2011. She has been a director of Gardner Denver since August 2000. Mrs. Schumacher served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Cooper Industries, Ltd., a company engaging in the manufacture and sale of electrical products and tools and the Company’s former parent company (“Cooper”), from 1995 to 2003, and was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer until August 2006. She served as Special Counsel to the CEO of Cooper from September 2006 until her retirement from Cooper in September 2008. Mrs. Schumacher is currently providing legal services to a number of non-public companies as an independent consultant. She is a member of the Advisory Board, College of Business, Southern Illinois University. Mrs. Schumacher holds a B.A. in economics from Southern Illinois University and a J.D. from DePaul University College of Law. She completed the Harvard Advanced Management Program.

Michael Larsen

Mr. Michael M. Larsen serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Director of Gardner Denver, Inc. He has served as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since October 2010. Mr. Larsen joined the Company from General Electric (“GE”) Water & Process Technologies, where he was Chief Financial Officer. His previous experience includes more than 15 years with GE, where he held a number of global finance leadership roles with increasing responsibility in GE Plastics, GE Industrial, GE Energy Services and GE Power & Water. He began his GE career with GE Healthcare as part of the Financial Management Program in 1995. Mr. Larsen is a graduate of the American University of Paris and holds a Masters of Business Administration from Columbia University and London Business School.

Brent Walters

Mr. Brent A. Walters is Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel, Secretary of Gardner Denver, Inc. He was appointed Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Gardner Denver in August 2009, and appointed Secretary of the Company in February 2010. He joined the Company from Caterpillar Inc., a publicly traded manufacturer of construction machinery and equipment, where he held a series of positions with increasing responsibility from 1996 to 2009, as Senior Corporate Counsel. Prior to joining Caterpillar in 1996, Mr. Walters was an associate attorney with Hinshaw & Culbertson from 1991 to 1996 and a financial auditor with KPMG LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP prior to attending law school. Mr. Walters has a B.S. in accounting from Bradley University and J.D. from Southern Illinois University School of Law. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Susan Gunn

Ms. Susan A. Gunn is Vice President - Human Resources of Gardner Denver, Inc., since January 1, 2012. Prior to joining Gardner Denver, Ms. Gunn was employed by Hay Group as Global Head of Human Resources and Acting Chief Marketing Officer. Hay Group is a private global management consulting firm providing support in evaluating and implementing global human resources strategy. Ms. Gunn also led international human resource operations in public enterprises including senior human resources roles at Willis Group Holdings, Revlon and Vivendi Universal (The Seagram Company). Ms. Gunn is also a member of the Board of Directors for Leadership Philadelphia, a non-profit institution supporting philanthropist leadership activities in the Philadelphia area. Ms. Gunn holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and a Graduate Certificate in Human Resources from McGill University.

T. Duane Morgan

Mr. T. Duane Morgan has been appointed as the Vice President, President - Engineered Products Group of Gardner Denver, Inc., effective from July 23, 2012. He previously served the Company in this capacity from January 2009 until his retirement in May 2012. He joined the Company as Vice President and General Manager of the Gardner Denver Fluid Transfer Division in December 2005. Prior to joining Gardner Denver, Mr. Morgan served as President of Process Valves for Cooper Cameron Valves, a division of Cooper Cameron Corporation, Vice President and General Manager, Aftermarket Services, from 2003 to 2005, and President of Orbit Valve, a division of Cooper Cameron Valves, from 1998 to 2002. From 1985 to 1998, he served in various capacities in plant and sales management for Cooper Oil Tool Division, Cooper Industries. Before joining Cooper Industries, he held various positions in finance, marketing and sales with Joy Manufacturing Company and B.F. Goodrich Company. Mr. Morgan holds a B.S. in mathematics from McNeese State University and an M.B.A. from Louisiana State University. Mr. Morgan is a member of the Board of Directors of Capital Southwest Corporation, a public company, a member of the Board of Directors of SACHEM, Inc., a privately held company, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of the Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association. Mr. Morgan is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Valve Manufacturers Association. Mr. Morgan also served on active duty as an Air Defense Artillery Officer in the U.S. Army.

Vincent Trupiano

Mr. Vincent Trupiano has been appointed as Vice President, President - Industrial Products Group of Gardner Denver, Inc. effective January 21, 2013. Mr. Trupiano joined the Company in 2010 as the Vice President and General Manager of the Nash business unit. Prior to joining Gardner Denver, Mr. Trupiano was employed by Dresser-Rand Group Inc., a global supplier of rotating equipment and aftermarket parts and services, where he was General Manager of the Turbo Compression Division in 2010 and General Manager of the Steam Turbine Business from 2008 to 2010. Prior to joining Dresser-Rand, Mr. Trupiano spent more than 20 years in a variety of operational and business leadership roles of increasing responsibility with United Technologies Corporation and Ford Motor Company. Mr. Trupiano has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University and a M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Michael Arnold

Mr. Michael C. Arnold is an Independent Director of Gardner Denver, Inc., since June 2009. Mr. Arnold was appointed to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of Ryerson Inc. in January 2011, a distributor and processor of metals in North America. Previously, Mr. Arnold served as Executive Vice President and President of the Bearings and Power Transmission Group at The Timken Company, a publicly held manufacturer of innovative friction management and power transmission products and services (“Timken”) from 2007 until December 2010. Mr. Arnold served as President of Timken’s former Industrial Group from 1999 through 2007. Mr. Arnold earned both a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a Masters in sales and marketing from The University of Akron. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. Mr. Arnold served as Chairman of Endorsia.com International AB. He is a member of The University of Akron’s Engineering Advisory Council. He has served as a director of Cincinnati Incorporated since May 2008.

Donald Barger

Mr. Donald G. Barge is an Independent Director of Gardner Denver, Inc., since April 1994. Mr. Barger retired in February 2008 from YRC Worldwide, Inc. (“YRCW”), formally Yellow Corporation, a publicly held company specializing in the transportation of goods and materials. He served as special advisor to the Chief Executive Officer of YRCW from September 2007 to February 2008 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of YRCW and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Yellow Corporation from December 2000 to September 2007. Prior to joining Yellow, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hillenbrand Industries Inc. (“Hillenbrand”), a publicly held company serving the healthcare and funeral services industries, from March 1998 until December 2000. Mr. Barger was Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Worthington Industries, Inc. (“Worthington”), a publicly held manufacturer of metal and plastic products and processed steel products, from September 1993 until joining Hillenbrand. Mr. Barger has a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy and an M.B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. Mr. Barger is a director of Globe Specialty Metals, Inc., a publicly held producer of silicon metal and silicon-based specialty alloys, and Precision Aerospace Components, Inc., a publicly held provider of quality aerospace components. Mr. Barger retired as a director in February 2012 from Quanex Building Products Corporation, a publicly held manufacturer of engineered materials and components for the U.S. building products markets.

John Craig

Mr. John D. Craig is an Independent Director of Gardner Denver, Inc., since November 2011. Mr. Craig has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of EnerSys, a publicly traded company and the world’s manufacturing and marketer of industrial batteries and related equipment, since November 2000. Prior to joining EnerSys in 2000, Mr. Craig served six years with Yuasa, Inc., holding a series of positions with increasing responsibility, with his last position being President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Craig holds a B.S. from Western Michigan University and an M.S. from Arizona State University. He serves on the boards of Kutztown University Foundation, American Red Cross (Berks County) and Reading Hospital, and is President and a board member of Battery Council International.

Raymond Hipp

Mr. Raymond R. Hipp is an Independent Director of Gardner Denver Inc., since November 1998. Since July 2002, Mr. Hipp has served as a strategic alternative and mergers and acquisitions consultant. Mr. Hipp served as Chairman, President and CEO and a Director of Alternative Resources Corporation, a provider of information technology staffing and component outsourcing, a position he held from July 1998 until his retirement in June 2002. From August 1996 until May 1998, Mr. Hipp was the Chief Executive Officer of ITI Marketing Services, a provider of telemarketing services. Mr. Hipp has a B.S. from Southeast Missouri State University. In February 2011, Mr. Hipp was appointed a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Neogenomics, Inc., a biotechnology company operating a network of cancer-focused testing laboratories.

David Petratis

Mr. David D. Petratis is an Independent Director of Gardner Denver, Inc., since July 2004. In July 2008, Mr. Petratis was appointed Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Quanex Building Products Corporation (“Quanex”), a publicly held manufacturer of engineered materials and components for the U.S. building products markets. In addition to his current role at Quanex, in December 2008, he was elected to the position of Chairman. Mr. Petratis previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the North American Operating Division of Schneider Electric, a market brand of electrical distribution and industrial control products, systems and services, from January 2004 until May 2008 and President and Chief Operating Officer from December 2002 until his promotion in January 2004. He was President of MGE Americas, a privately held manufacturer of power supplies, from 1996 through 2002. Mr. Petratis earned a B.A. in industrial management from the University of Northern Iowa and an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. He has held positions on the Board of Directors of the University of California, Irvine Graduate School of Management, the California State (Fullerton) Quality Advisory Board and Project Independence, a community agency in Costa Mesa, California for the developmentally disabled. Mr. Petratis served on the Board of Governors of National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and the International Electrical Safety Foundation.

Charles Szews

Mr. Charles L. Szews is an Independent Director of Gardner Denver, Inc., since November 2006. In January 2011, Mr. Szews was appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Oshkosh Corporation (“Oshkosh”), a specialty vehicle manufacturer. He has been a director of Oshkosh since May 2007. Previously, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Oshkosh from October 2007 until January 2011, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oshkosh from 1997 until 2007 and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1996 to 1997. Prior to joining Oshkosh in 1996, Mr. Szews spent eight years with Fort Howard Corporation, a paper manufacturing company, holding a series of positions with increasing responsibility, with his last position being Vice President and Controller. Mr. Szews has ten years of audit experience at E&Y. Mr. Szews holds a B.B.A. in comprehensive public accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and was previously a Certified Public Accountant for 28 years.

Richard Thompson

Mr. Richard L. Thompson is an Independent Director of Gardner Denver Inc., since November 1998. Mr. Thompson served as a Group President and Executive Office Member of Caterpillar Inc. (“Caterpillar”), a publicly held manufacturer of construction machinery and equipment, from 1995 until his retirement in June 2004. He earned both a B.S. in electrical engineering and an M.B.A. from Stanford University and completed the Caterpillar Advanced Management Program. Mr. Thompson serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lennox International, Inc., a publicly held manufacturer of HVAC and refrigeration equipment, and as a director of NiSource Inc., a publicly held electric and gas utility.

Vikram Kini

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