Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
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Information About Our Executive Officers
Our executive officers as of October 31, 2021, were as follows:
| Name | Age | Officer Since | Position or Office with The Company and Business Experience During the Past Five (5) Year Period | |||||||||||||||||
| Sundaram Nagarajan | 59 | 2019 | President and Chief Executive Officer, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Joseph P. Kelley | 49 | 2020 | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| James E. DeVries | 62 | 2012 | Executive Vice President, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
| Stephen P. Lovass | 52 | 2017 | Executive Vice President, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gregory P. Merk | 50 | 2006 | Executive Vice President, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
| Shelly M. Peet | 56 | 2007 | Executive Vice President, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jeffrey A. Pembroke | 54 | 2015 | Executive Vice President, 2015 |
Effective August 1, 2019, Mr. Nagarajan was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. Prior to becoming our President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Nagarajan served as Executive Vice President, Automotive OEM Segment, with Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW), a global manufacturer of a diversified range of industrial products and equipment, since 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Nagarajan served as Executive Vice President, Welding Segment, with Illinois Tool Works from 2010 to 2015. Mr. Nagarajan has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Sonoco Products Company (NYSE: SON) since 2015.
Effective July 6, 2020, Joseph P. Kelley was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Kelley served as Chief Financial Officer of Materion Corporation, (NYSE: MTRN), an advanced materials company, since 2015. Throughout his career, he served in roles of increasing financial responsibility at Materion, Avient Corporation (formerly known as PolyOne Corporation) (NYSE: AVNT), a specialty chemicals company, and Lincoln Electric (Nasdaq: LECO), a global manufacturer.
On November 28, 2016, Mr. Lovass was elected as Corporate Vice President. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Lovass served as President for one of the global sensors and controls businesses for Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR), an international Fortune 200, diversified science and technology company, from 2012 to 2016. Prior to joining Danaher, Mr. Lovass served as a Senior Vice President and Corporate Officer for Gerber Scientific, Inc., an automated systems manufacturer for sign-making, specialty graphics and packaging.
Effective November 1, 2021, Jennifer L. McDonough (50), was named Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and leads the Company’s global legal function in ethics and compliance, intellectual property and other general corporate legal matters. Ms. McDonough brings over 20 years of experience advising companies on wide-ranging, critical corporate initiatives and most recently served as vice president, deputy general counsel and assistant secretary at PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), a Fortune 500 utility, where she was responsible for the delivery of extensive legal counsel and services, including in the areas of general corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate venture capital and investment transactions, securities and finance. Prior to joining PPL in 2017, Ms. McDonough served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary at REX Energy Corporation, an independent condensate, NGL and natural gas company, having joined REX Energy in April 2011, and before that as assistant general counsel and assistant secretary at Kennametal Inc., a global manufacturer and provider of engineered products and solutions (NYSE: KMT), which she joined in May 2005. She began her career as a business and finance attorney with the international law firm Morgan, Lewis and Bockius LLP.
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