People: Tennant Co (TNC)

TNC on New York Consolidated

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23 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

H. Chris Killingstad

57 2005 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Thomas Paulson

56 2006 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President

Don Westman

59 2006 Vice President - Global Operations

Michael Schaefer

52 2008 Vice President, Chief Technical Officer

Heidi Wilson

62 2005 Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary

Richard Zay

42 2010 Vice President - Global Marketing

Andrew Eckert

49 2009 Vice President, The Americas

Thomas Dybsky

63 2004 Vice President - Administration

Stephen Shank

69 2009 Lead Independent Director

Azita Arvani

50 2012 Independent Director

William Austen

54 2007 Independent Director

Carol Eicher

54 2008 Independent Director

James Hale

72 2001 Independent Director

David Mathieson

58 2006 Independent Director

Donal Mulligan

52 2009 Independent Director

Steven Sonnenberg

60 2005 Independent Director

David Wichmann

2009 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

H. Chris Killingstad

Mr. H. Chris Killingstad is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Tennant Co. He is President and Chief Executive Officer for Tennant Company since 2005. Vice President, North America, for Tennant from 2002-2005. Held various senior management positions with The Pillsbury Company, including Senior Vice President and General Manager, from 1990-2002. International Business Development Manager for PepsiCo Inc. from 1982-1990. · Financial Manager for General Electric from 1978-1980.

Thomas Paulson

Mr. Thomas J. Paulson is Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Tennant Co. He joined the Company in March 2006. Prior to joining Tennant, Paulson was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Innovex from 2001 to 2006. Prior to joining Innovex, a manufacturer of electronic interconnect solutions, Paulson worked for The Pillsbury Company for over 19 years. Paulson became a Vice President at Pillsbury in 1995 and was the Vice President of Finance for the $4 billion North American Foods Division for over two years before joining Innovex.

Don Westman

Mr. Don B. Westman is Vice President - Global Operations of Tennant Co. Prior to joining Tennant, he was Vice President of Operations – Pump Division for Pentair, Inc., a provider of products and services for the movement, treatment and storage of water, from 2005 to November 2006. From 2003 to 2005, he was Vice President of Operations – Pentair Water. From 1997 to 2003, Westman was Vice President of Operations for Hoffmans Enclosures, where he began in 1982 as a manufacturing engineering manager.

Michael Schaefer

Mr. Michael W. Schaefer is Vice President, Chief Technical Officer of Tennant Co. He joined the Company in January 2008 as Vice President, Chief Technical Officer. From 2000 to January 2008, he was Vice President of Dispensing Systems, Lean Six Sigma and Quality at Ecolab, Inc., a provider of cleaning, sanitizing, food safety and infection prevention products and services, where he led R&D efforts for their equipment business, continuous improvement and standardization of R&D processes. Prior to that he held various management positions at Alticor Corporation and Kraft General Foods.

Heidi Wilson

Ms. Heidi M. Wilson is Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary of Tennant Co. She joined the Company in 2003 as Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary and was named General Counsel in 2005. She was a partner with General Counsel Ltd. during 2003. From 1995 to 2001, she was Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Musicland Group, Inc. From 1993 to 1995, she was Senior Legal Counsel at Medtronic, Inc. Prior to that, she was a partner at Faegre & Benson L.L.P., a Minneapolis law firm, which she joined in 1976.

Richard Zay

Mr. Richard H. Zay is Vice President - Global Marketing of Tennant Co. He joined the Company in June 2010 as Vice President, Global Marketing. From 2006 to June 2010, he held positions with Whirlpool Corporation, a manufacturer of home appliances, as General Manager, KitchenAid Brand. From 1993 to 2006, he held positions with Maytag Corporation, including Vice President, Jenn-Air Brand, Director of Marketing, Maytag Brand, and Director of Cooking Category Management.

Andrew Eckert

Mr. Andrew J. Eckert is Vice President, The Americas of Tennant Co. He joined the Company in 2002 as General Manager, North America. He was promoted to Vice President, North America Sales in 2005, assumed responsibility for North America Sales and Service in 2007 and now serves as Vice President, The Americas. From 2000 to 2002, he was the Senior Vice President of Operations at Storecast Merchandising Company, a national retail merchandising service contractor for the grocery industry. Prior to that, he was Director of Strategic Planning at General Mills and led the automation and cost-reduction efforts for U.S. trade promotional spending. He began his sales career in 1985 at General Mills in Houston, TX, and held a variety of increasing responsibilities including Customer Sales Manager for Fleming Companies and American Stores.

Thomas Dybsky

Mr. Thomas J. Dybsky is Vice President - Administration of Tennant Co. He joined the Company in September 1998 as Vice President of Human Resources and was named Vice President of Administration in 2004. From June 1995 to September 1998, he was Vice President/Senior Consultant for MDA Consulting.

Stephen Shank

Mr. Stephen G. Shank is Lead Independent Director of Tennant Co. He is Retired Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board for Capella Education Company, an accredited online university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs; current member of Board of Directors of Capella. Chair for Capella from 1993 to February 2010. CEO for Capella from 1993 to March 2009. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Tonka Corporation from 1979-1991, and General Counsel from 1974-1978. Practiced law at Dorsey & Whitney LLP from 1972-1974. Lead Director, Chair of the Compensation and Executive Committees, member of the Governance Committee.

Azita Arvani

Ms. Azita Arvani is Independent Director of Tennant Co. She serves as the Head of Partnering and Alliances for Nokia Siemens Networks, a mobile broadband company, since September 2012. Head of Innovation Strategy for Nokia Siemens from September 2011 – August 2012. She serves as the Principal and Founder of Arvani Group Inc., a boutique business consulting firm specializing in the mobile and wireless industry, from 2002 to 2011.She serves as the Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, for ActiveSky, provider of an online mobile multimedia application development and distribution platform, from 2000 to 2001. She held various senior technical and business positions, including Director, Corporate Business Strategy, for Xerox Corporation, a business process and document management company, from 1996 to 2000.

William Austen

Mr. William F. Austen is Independent Director of Tennant Co. He is Vice President, Operations, Bemis Company, the flexible packaging company in the Americas and a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive materials used for labels, decoration and signage, since 2004, President and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Adhesives Company from 2000-2004 prior to its acquisition by Bemis. He has held various positions with General Electric Company from 1980-2000, culminating in General Manager, Switch Gear Business. Mr. Austen is the member of the Compensation, Governance and Executive Committees.

Carol Eicher

Ms. Carol S. Eicher is Independent Director of Tennant Co. She is Business Group Vice President for Building and Construction for The Dow Chemical Company, a manufacturer and seller of chemicals, plastic materials, agricultural and other specialized products and services, since August 2010. Business Director, Performance Monomers, for Dow Chemical from April 2009 to July 2010. Vice President/Global Business Director, Primary Materials and Process Chemicals, Rohm and Haas Company, a developer of solutions for the specialty materials industry acquired by Dow Chemical in 2009, from 2003 to July 2010. General Manager, Americas & Europe, Electronics, Organic Specialties, for Rohm and Haas from 2001-2003. Business Director, Organic Specialties, for Rohm and Haas from 2000-2001. Held various senior management positions with Ashland Chemical Company, a division of Ashland, Inc., from 1992-2000. Held various management positions with E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc., from 1979-1992. Member of the Audit, Governance and Executive Committees.

James Hale

Mr. James T. Hale is Independent Director of Tennant Co. He is Corporate Governance Consultant since 2004 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Target Corporation from 2000-2004, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Target Corporation from 1981-2000. He has held various Vice President positions at General Mills, Inc., from 1979-1981 and Practiced law at Faegre and Benson LLP from 1966-1979. Chair of the Governance Committee, member of the Compensation and Executive Committees.

David Mathieson

Mr. David Mathieson is Independent Director of Tennant Co. He is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Comverge, Inc., a clean energy company providing demand management solutions in the form of peaking and base load capacity to electric utilities, grid operators and associated electricity markets, since May 2011. Principal of David Mathieson LLC, a company offering management consulting, project management and interim management, from September 2010 to May 2011. Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for RSC Holdings, Inc., a provider of equipment rental services, from January 2008 to May 2010. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Brady Corporation, an international manufacturer and marketer of identification solutions and specialty materials, from 2003-2007. European Finance Director for Brady Corporation from 2001-2003. Held various executive positions with Honeywell International, Inc., from 1981-2001, including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Honeywell Europe. Chair of the Audit Committee, member of the Governance and Executive Committees.

Donal Mulligan

Mr. Donal Leo Mulligan is Independent Director of Tennant Co. He is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for General Mills, Inc., the world’s sixth food company, since 2007. Held various executive positions with General Mills from 2001-2007, including Vice President Financial Operations for the International division; Vice President Financial Operations for Operations and Technology and Vice President and Treasurer. Served as Chief Financial Officer, International, for The Pillsbury Company from 1999-2001. Held various international positions with PepsiCo Inc. and YUM! Brands, Inc., including Regional CFO, Americas, Finance Director, Asia, and Finance Director, Canada, from 1987-1998. Member of the Audit, Compensation and Executive Committees.

Steven Sonnenberg

Mr. Steven A. Sonnenberg is Independent Director of Tennant Co. He is Executive Vice President, Emerson Electric Company & Business Leader, Emerson Process Management, a technology and engineering company, since October 2008, President of Rosemount, Inc., a division of Emerson Electric Company, from January 2002-2008. He has held various positions with Rosemount and Emerson, including General Manager of Rosemount China and most recently President of Emerson Process Management Asia Pacific, from 1992-2002. He is a Member of the Compensation, Governance and Executive Committees.

David Wichmann

Mr. David S. Wichmann is Independent Director of Tennant Co. He is President, Operations and Technology, and Chief Financial Officer for UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, a diversified health and well-being company, since January 2011. Held various executive positions with UnitedHealth Group since 1998, including President, Operations and Technology, President, Commercial Market Group, President and Chief Operating Officer, UnitedHealthcare, President and Chief Executive Officer, Specialized Care Services, and Senior Vice President, Corporate Development. Partner, Arthur Andersen, from 1995-1998. Chief Financial Officer for Advance Machine Company from 1992-1994. Member of the Audit, Compensation and Executive Committees.

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