Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.

The information required by Item 10 with respect to directors, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and audit committee financial experts is incorporated herein by reference to the sections of our Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareowners entitled "Election of Directors" (under the subheading "Nominees") and "Corporate Governance" (including under the subheading "Board Committees").

Information about our Executive Officers

The following persons are executive officers of Carrier Global Corporation:

John V. Faraci. Mr. Faraci was elected Executive Chairman of Carrier upon the completion of the Distribution. Mr. Faraci previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Paper (paper, packaging and distribution) from 2003 to 2014. Earlier in 2003, he served as President and director of that company, and served as its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Faraci is a director of ConocoPhillips Company, PPG Industries, Inc. and United States Steel Corporation, and was a director of UTC before the Separation.

David Gitlin. Mr. Gitlin was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Carrier in June 2019 and held the position of President, HVAC from December 2019 to March 2020. He most recently served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Collins Aerospace from 2018 to 2019 and President of UTC Aerospace Systems from 2015 to 2018. Between 2013 and 2015, Mr. Gitlin was President, Aircraft Systems, UTC Aerospace Systems. Mr. Gitlin joined UTC in 1997 and held various senior positions, including the following with Hamilton Sundstrand: President of Aerospace Customers & Business Development; Vice President of Auxiliary Power, Engine & Control Systems; Vice President and General Manager Power Systems; Vice President of Pratt & Whitney programs; and General Manager of Rolls-Royce/General Electric programs. Before joining Hamilton Sundstrand, he served in roles at UTC headquarters and Pratt & Whitney.

Ajay Agrawal. Mr. Agrawal was appointed Senior Vice President, Strategy & Services of Carrier in October 2019. He most recently served as Vice President, Aftermarket Services, and Vice President responsible for Rockwell Collins integration for Collins Aerospace, a UTC company, from August 2015 to September 2019 and as Vice President, Aftermarket and Programs at the Pratt & Whitney division of UTC from 2009 to July 2015. Prior to that he served in a variety of leadership roles in UTC from 2005 to 2009, including head of Financial Planning and Analysis for UTC, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Hamilton Sundstrand and Senior Director of Strategy and Development at UTC.

David Appel. Mr. Appel was appointed President, Refrigeration of Carrier in 2010. Prior to that, he held several roles within Carrier’s business, including President, HVAC for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) from 2009 to 2010; President, Building Systems & Service EMEA from 2006 to 2009; Vice President, European HVAC Distribution from 2003 to 2006; and Managing Director for Toshiba Carrier UK from 2002 to 2003.

Kyle Crockett. Mr. Crockett was appointed Vice President, Controller of Carrier in January 2020. He joined Carrier from General Motors where he held several positions, including Director, Global Business Solutions – Finance from 2017 to 2020.

Patrick Goris. Mr. Goris was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Carrier, effective November 16, 2020. Since 2017, Mr. Goris has served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rockwell Automation, Inc., a publicly traded provider of industrial automation and digital transformation solutions.

Christopher Nelson. Mr. Nelson was appointed President, HVAC in March 2020. Previously, he held many roles at Carrier including, President, HVAC − Commercial from 2018 to March 2020; President, North American HVAC from 2012 to 2018; Vice President, Sales & Marketing for Residential & Commercial Systems from 2008 to 2012; Vice President and

General Manager, Light Commercial Systems from 2006 to 2008; and Director of Residential Ducted System Platforms from 2004 to 2006.

Kevin J. O’Connor. Mr. O’Connor was appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer in March 2020. He joined Carrier from Point72 Asset Management where he served as Chief Legal Officer from 2015 through 2019 and as Vice President, General Counsel & Government Relations of Carrier from January 2020 to March 2020. Prior to that he served as Vice President, Global Ethics and Compliance for UTC from 2012 to 2015.

Jurgen Timperman. Mr. Timperman was appointed President, Fire & Security of Carrier in February 2019. Prior to that, he held several other roles within UTC’s fire and security business, including President, Global Fire & Security Products from 2017 to 2019, President, Global Security Products from 2015 to 2017, President, Security & Access Solutions from 2012 to 2015, President, Fire & Security Operations from 2011 to 2012 and Regional General Manager, Global Security Products, Middle East and Africa from 2009 to 2011.

Nadia Villeneuve. Ms. Villeneuve was appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer of Carrier in 2015. Prior to that, she served as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for the Pratt & Whitney division of UTC from 2012 to 2015 and as Vice President, Human Resources, Asia for the UTC Fire & Security division of UTC, located in Shanghai, China, from 2010 to 2012.

Information concerning Section 16(a) compliance is incorporated herein by reference to the section of our Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareowners entitled "Other Important Information" under the heading "Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance." We have adopted a code of ethics that applies to all our directors, officers, employees and representatives. This code is publicly available on our website at https://www.corporate.carrier.com/corporate-responsibility/governance/. Amendments to the code of ethics and any grant of a waiver from a provision of the code requiring disclosure under applicable SEC rules will be disclosed on our website. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines and the charters of our Board of Directors’ Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Governance Committee are available on our website at https://www.corporate.carrier.com. These materials may also be requested in print free of charge by writing to our Investor Relations Department at Carrier Global Corporation, 13995 Pasteur Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418.