People: Harsco Corp (HSC)

HSC on New York Consolidated

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20 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Henry Knueppel

64 2012 Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Patrick Decker

48 2012 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

F. Nicholas Grasberger

49 2013 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Galdino Claro

53 2010 Executive Vice President, Group CEO - Harsco Metals and Minerals

Mark Kimmel

53 2012 Senior Vice President, President - Harsco Infrastructure

Barry Malamud

45 2013 Principal Accounting Officer, Vice President, Corporate Controller

A. Verona Dorch

45 2012 Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Scott Gerson

42 2011 Vice President, Group President - Harsco Industrial

Scott Jacoby

46 2010 Vice President, Group President - Harsco Rail

James Earl

56 2012 Independent Director

Kathy Eddy

62 2012 Independent Director

David Everitt

60 2010 Independent Director

Stuart Graham

67 2009 Independent Director

Terry Growcock

67 2008 Independent Director

James Loree

54 2010 Independent Director

Andrew Sordoni

69 1988 Independent Director

Robert Wilburn

69 2011 Independent Director

James Jacobson

Director - Investor Relations

Biographies

Name Description

Henry Knueppel

Mr. Henry W. Knueppel has been appointed as Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Harsco Corp., effective September 10, 2012. He is no longer Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company., effective September 10, 2012. He served as Interim Chairman and CEO from February 23, 2012 to September 10, 2012. Served as Chairman between April 2006 and December 2011 and served as CEO between April 2005 and May 2011 of Regal Beloit Corporation (a multi-national organization serving the HVAC, industrial motor, power transmission and power generation markets). Served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Regal Beloit Corporation from April 2002 to December 2005. Served as Executive Vice President of Regal Beloit Corporation from 1987 to April 2002. Mr. Knueppel joined Regal Beloit Corporation in 1979. Mr. Knueppel has served as a director of Regal Beloit Corporation since 1987, Snap-On Incorporated since 2011 (where he serves on the Governance Committee) and Wisconsin Energy Corporation and Wisconsin Electric Power Company since 2013.

Patrick Decker

Mr. Patrick K. Decker is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Harsco Corp. From 2007 until his appointment as President and CEO, Mr. Decker served as President of Tyco Flow Control, the business segment of Tyco International Ltd. (“Tyco”) (an engineered valves and controls, heat management solutions and water infrastructure projects). Prior to that, he served Tyco for four years in CFO roles at the operating segment level, including Tyco’s multinational Engineered Products and Services division. Before joining Tyco, Mr. Decker held progressively responsible leadership positions throughout a 12-year career at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (a global diversified healthcare company), including more than nine years in leadership positions in Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region.

F. Nicholas Grasberger

Mr. F. Nicholas Grasberger, III, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Harsco Corp., effective April 22, 2013. He joins the Company from Fenner Plc, a reinforced polymer technology company, where he had served as Managing Director of its Precision Polymers Division since March 2011. From April 1, 2009 to November 9, 2009, Mr. Grasberger served as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Armstrong Building Products, a division of Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (“Armstrong”), a designer and manufacturer of floors and ceilings. In that position, he also oversaw the Asia-Pacific flooring business for Armstrong. From January 2005 to March 31, 2009, Mr. Grasberger served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Armstrong. Prior to joining Armstrong, Mr. Grasberger served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kennametal Inc., a provider of innovative wear-resistant solutions, from 2000 to 2004. Mr. Grasberger holds a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh.

Galdino Claro

Mr. Galdino J. Claro is an Executive Vice President, Group CEO - Harsco Metals and Minerals of Harsco Corp., since July 6, 2010. Served as Group CEO, Harsco Metals and Harsco Minerals Groups from September 1, 2009 to July 6, 2010. Served as Group CEO—Harsco Metals from June 1, 2009 to September 1, 2009. Prior to joining Harsco in 2009, Mr. Claro served as the CEO of Aleris Americas and has nearly 30 years of executive leadership experience in the worldwide metals industry, including 20 years as an international operations executive within Alcoa Inc.

Mark Kimmel

Mr. Mark E. Kimmel is Senior Vice President, President - Harsco Infrastructure of Harsco Corp, since June 5, 2012. Served as Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from January 1, 2008 to June 4, 2012. Served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2007. Served as Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel from May 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003. Held legal positions within the Company since he joined Harsco in August 2001. Prior to joining the Company, he was Vice President, Administration and General Counsel, New World Pasta Company from January 1999 to July 2001. Before joining New World Pasta, Mr. Kimmel spent approximately 12 years in various legal positions with Hershey Foods Corporation.

Barry Malamud

Mr. Barry E. Malamud has been appointed as Principal Accounting Officer, Vice President, Corporate Controller of Harsco Corp., effective April 22, 2013. He served as Vice President and Corporate Controller from June 2, 2011 to November 15, 2012. Served as Vice President-Internal Audit and Interim Corporate Controller from April 1, 2011 to June 1, 2011. Served as Vice President-Internal Audit from May 17, 2010 through March 31, 2011. Served as Senior Director of Corporate Accounting from July 2003 through May 14, 2010. Previously served in various accounting, auditing and treasury positions for the Company from 1992 to 2003. Prior to joining Harsco, he worked for the accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand in Harrisburg, PA from July 1989 to March 1992. Mr. Malamud is a Certified Public Accountant.

A. Verona Dorch

Ms. A. Verona Dorch is Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Harsco Corp., since June 5, 2012. Served as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary from April 26, 2011 to June 4, 2012, as Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary from January 1, 2008 to April 25, 2011 and as Assistant General Counsel from July 6, 2006 to December 31, 2007. Prior to joining Harsco, Ms. Dorch served as a senior associate in the San Francisco office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Before that, she held senior legal positions with law firms in both New York and Boston.

Scott Gerson

Mr. Scott H. Gerson is Vice President, Group President - Harsco Industrial of Harsco Corp., since January 25, 2011. Served as Vice President and Group President- Harsco Industrial and Chief Information Officer from July 6, 2010 to January 25, 2011. Served as Chief Information Officer from April 4, 2005 to July 6, 2010. Prior to joining Harsco on April 4, 2005, Mr. Gerson was with Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc., where he served as IT director of their worldwide application services. He has also served in IT management capacities with Compaq Computers and TRW Inc.

Scott Jacoby

Mr. Scott W. Jacoby is Vice President, Group President - Harsco Rail of Harsco Corp., since July 6, 2010. Served as President of Harsco Rail from April 2009 to July 2010. Served as Vice President and General Manager of Harsco Track Technologies from August 2007 to April 2009. Served as Vice President and General Manager of Air- X-Changers from April 2005 to August 2007. Mr. Jacoby has held other senior management positions in the Harsco Industrial business group since joining the Company on April 3, 1995. Prior to joining Harsco in 1995, Mr. Jacoby began his career with Mack Trucks.

James Earl

Mr. James F. Earl has been appointed as Independent Director of Harsco Corp., effective July 24, 2012. He is the President of the GATX Rail International business segment and Chief Executive Officer of American Steamship Company since 2012. Chief Operating Officer of GATX from 2006 to 2012. Mr. Earl has served as an executive with GATX since 1988 and prior to that time held management positions with two railroad companies, Soo Line Railroad and Southern Pacific Transportation Company. He is a past recipient of the Norman W. Seip Award for Industry Excellence in the rail finance industry.

Kathy Eddy

Ms. Kathy G. Eddy is Independent Director of Harsco Corp. She is Certified Public Accountant. Founding partner of McDonough, Eddy, Parsons & Baylous, AC (a public accounting firm) since 1981. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) between 2000 and 2001. Current member of the AICPA Governing Council, Secretary of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of West Virginia United Health System, Inc.

David Everitt

Mr. David C. Everitt is Independent Director of Harsco Corp. David C. Everitt recently retired as the co-leader of Deere & Company’s Agriculture and Turf Division, the company’s operating group. During his 35-year career with Deere & Company, he served as President - North America, Asia, Australia, Sub-Saharan and South Africa, and Global Tractor and Turf Products. He also led sales, marketing, manufacturing and product development operations in almost every region of the world, while also overseeing joint ventures and acquisitions in China, Europe and South America. Elected a senior officer of Deere in 2001, Mr. Everitt also held additional responsibilities in such areas as Corporate Secretary, Corporate Engineering, Technology Development, Human Resources and Labor Relations. Mr. Everitt joined the Harsco Board in November 2010 and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Management Development & Compensation Committee.

Stuart Graham

Mr. Stuart E. Graham is Independent Director of Harsco Corp. He has been Vice Chairman of Skanska AB (a provider of construction services) since April 2011. Served as Chairman of Skanska USA from September 2008 until January 2010. From 2002 until his retirement in April 2008, Mr. Graham served as President and CEO of Skanska AB, one of the construction groups. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Graham served as Executive Vice President and as a member of the Senior Executive Team of Skanska AB. Mr. Graham’s career includes more than four decades of worldwide experience in the infrastructure and construction industry, including executive management responsibilities for Skanska’s business units in the United States and United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Latin America. Mr. Graham has also served as Chairman of the Engineering and Construction Governors Council of the World Economic Forum and founded the Engineering and Construction Risk Institute. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Industrivarden AB, Skanska AB and PPL Corporation. Mr. Graham is Chairman of the Audit, Compensation and Project Review Committees of Skanska. He is a member of the Compensation and Nuclear Oversight Committees of PPL. From 2006 to 2011, Mr. Graham was a member of the Board of Directors of Securitas AB. Member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Terry Growcock

Mr. Terry D. Growcock is Independent Director of Harsco Corp. He is the Retired Chairman of the Board of The Manitowoc Company (a worldwide provider of lifting equipment and foodservice equipment, and a North American mid-size shipbuilder). Served as Chairman of The Manitowoc Company from mid-2007 until December 2008. Previously served as Chairman and CEO of The Manitowoc Company from 2002 until mid-2007. Served as Manitowoc’s President and CEO and as a member of its Board from 1998 to 2002. Served as President of Manitowoc Foodservice Group from 1995 to 1998. Served as Executive Vice President of Manitowoc Ice from 1994 to 1995. Served in numerous management and executive positions with Invensys plc (a global industrial automation, transportation and controls group), formerly known as Siebe plc, and United Technologies Corporation (a diversified provider of high technology products) prior to joining Manitowoc in 1994. He is a former Chairman of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, one of the state’s business associations. Mr. Growcock is a director of Harris Corporation and Carlisle Companies, Inc.

James Loree

Mr. James M. Loree is Independent Director of Harsco Corp. He has been President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Stanley Black & Decker (a diversified global provider of hand tools, power tools and related accessories, mechanical access solutions and electronic security solutions and engineered fastening systems) since January 2013. Previously, he was the Executive Vice President and COO, a position he held since the beginning of 2009, first with Stanley Works (a worldwide manufacturer and marketer of tools, hardware and specialty hardware products for home improvement, consumer, industrial and professional use) and subsequently since the merger of Stanley and Black & Decker, which was completed in March 2010. Before that, Mr. Loree served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Stanley, having joined the company in 1999 from General Electric (a diversified infrastructure, finance and media company) where he served for almost 20 years, including as Vice President for Finance and Strategic Planning within GE Capital (a global provider of an array of financial products and services).

Andrew Sordoni

Mr. Andrew J. Sordoni, III is Independent Director of Harsco Corp. He has been Chairman of Sordoni Construction Services, Inc. (a building construction and management services company) and has been employed by that company since 1967. Director of Aqua America, Inc. Member of the Nominating and Compensation Committees.

Robert Wilburn

Mr. Robert C. Wilburn,Ph.D., is Independent Director of Harsco Corp. He has been distinguished Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and Principal of The Wilburn Group (a management consulting firm). Former President of The Gettysburg Foundation (a nonprofit educational institution) between 2000 and 2009. Former President and CEO of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (a historic preservation organization with resort facilities) between 1992 and 1999. Other former positions include President of Carnegie Institute and Carnegie Library, and Secretary of Budget and Administration and Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Mr. Wilburn served as President of Indiana University of Pennsylvania and has held several senior positions at Chase Manhattan Bank. He is a Director of Erie Indemnity Company. Mr. Wilburn is currently a Trustee at St. Vincent College since 2001. He is also the Director of the Gettysburg Foundation, Director at the Education Policy and Leadership Center (EPLC) and a Director at Fort Ligonier. Member of the Nominating and Compensation Committees.

James Jacobson

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