Brady 公司 BRC

Mr. Nargolwala was appointed President and CEO on June 8, 2026. Prior to Mr. Nargolwala's appointment to the Company's President and CEO, he was elected to the Board of Directors in 2022 and served as a member of the Management Development and Compensation and Technology Committees. Mr. Nargolwala served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. from June 2022 to February 2025. Prior to joining Allegro, Mr. Nargolwala was with Sensata Technologies from 2013 to 2022, most recently serving as the Executive Vice President, Sensing Solutions, from March 2020 to June 2022. Before joining Sensata, he was with Honeywell International, Inc., in business strategy and leadership roles of increasing responsibility. Mr. Nargolwala has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Maharaja Sayajirao University, a master of science in electrical engineering from the University of Texas-Arlington and a master in business administration from Cornell University.

Mr. Bojarski joined the Company in August 2022 as President - Identification Solutions, before assuming the role of President - Americas & Asia in February 2023. From 2016 to 2022, Mr. Bojarski held several positions of increasing responsibility at Belden Incorporated and served as Executive Vice President, Broadband and 5G from 2019 to 2022. Before joining Belden, Mr. Bojarski was General Manager of a business unit within the electrification division of ABB Ltd. Prior to joining ABB, Mr. Bojarski held a number of positions of increasing responsibility at Panduit Corporation. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a master's degree in business administration from Georgia State University.

Ms. Thornton joined the Company in 2009 and was named Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in April 2023 after serving as Brady's Chief Accounting Officer since 2016 and Corporate Controller and Director of Investor Relations since 2015. She held the positions of Corporate Accounting Supervisor, Corporate Accounting Manager, External Reporting Manager, Corporate Finance Manager and Director of Global Accounting from 2009 to 2014. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Thornton was an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2005 to 2009. She has a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master of accountancy degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and is a certified public accountant.

Mr. DeBruine joined the Company in November 2000 and was named Chief Operating Officer in June 2024 after serving as Vice President, Global Operations since 2022 and Director of Operations - Americas since 2016. Prior to 2016, Mr. DeBruine held local, regional and global roles in manufacturing, procurement and engineering within the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. DeBruine held various operating leadership roles in automotive tier one supply and electric motor manufacturing industries. He holds a bachelor of science degree in industrial technology from the University of Wisconsin - Platteville.

Mr. Gorman joined the Company as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in April 2020. Prior to joining the Company, he was employed at AptarGroup, Inc., beginning in 2012. At AptarGroup, he served as Vice President, General Counsel, North America, Compliance Officer and Assistant Secretary. Before joining AptarGroup, he counseled corporate clients in private practice, including as an attorney at Mayer Brown, LLP in Chicago, where Mr. Gorman started his legal career. He holds a juris doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, a master in professional accounting from The University of Texas at Austin, a bachelor of business administration from The University of Texas at Austin and is a certified public accountant.

Mr. Richardson was elected to the Board of Directors in 2007 and became Chairman of the Board in May 2021. He serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors, Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Corporate Governance, Management Development and Compensation, and Return of Capital Committees. He served as the Executive Vice President and CFO of Avient Corporation from 2013 through 2020. He previously served as the Executive Vice President and CFO of Diebold, Inc. and as Executive Vice President Corporate Strategy and CFO of Modine Manufacturing. Prior to Modine, he spent 21 years with BP Amoco serving in various financial and operational roles with assignments in the United States, Canada, South America and the United Kingdom. Mr. Richardson has served on the boards of Modine Manufacturing and Tronox, Inc. In 2023, Mr. Richardson was elected to the Board of Directors of Virco Mfg. Corporation. Mr. Richardson has a bachelor's degree in finance and economics from Miami University and a master of business administration in accounting and finance from Indiana University.

Dr. Bruno was elected to the Board of Directors in 2003. She serves as the Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and is a member of the Management Development and Compensation, Return of Capital, and Technology Committees. Dr. Bruno is the President of the Brady Education Foundation. Dr. Bruno has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Rochester, a master of child clinical psychology degree from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and a doctorate in developmental psychology from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She is the granddaughter of William H. Brady, Jr., the founder of Brady Corporation.

Ms. Collins Smee was elected to the Board of Directors in 2022. She serves as Chair of the Management Development and Compensation Committee, and is a member of the Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. Collins Smee was the Executive Vice President and President, Americas, for Xerox Corporation and had been in this role from June 2022 until her retirement in 2023. She was also an Executive Vice President of Xerox Holdings Corporation during that same period. Previously, she was Chief Commercial, SMB and Channels Officer for Xerox from February 2020 to June 2022. Ms. Collins Smee joined Xerox in September 2018 as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Before Xerox, she led Technology Transformation Services for the U.S. Federal Government and spent more than two decades at IBM in global executive roles spanning client sales and delivery of technical products and services. Ms. Collins Smee has a bachelor's degree of arts from Boston College, a master of business administration degree from New York University and a master of arts degree from Columbia University.

Dr. Williams was elected to the Board of Directors in 2019. She serves as the Chair of the Technology Committee and is a member of the Corporate Governance Committee. Dr. Williams served as Global Group President of Altuglas International, a subsidiary of Arkema S.A., through May 2021. Prior to joining Arkema in 2011, she spent 23 years with Rohm and Haas Company and Dow Chemical in manufacturing, commercial, strategy and general management positions. She was General Manager, Chemical Mechanical Polishing Technologies, and later, General Manager, Adhesives and Sealants. In 2023, Dr. Williams was elected to the Board of Directors of Cabot Corporation. She has a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Pace University and a doctorate in physical chemistry from the University of Utah.

Mr. Allender was elected to the Board of Directors in 2007. He serves as a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committees. He served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Danaher Corporation from 1998 to 2005 and Executive Vice President from 2005 to 2007. He served as a director of Colfax Corporation from 2008 to 2022, when ESAB Corporation separated from Colfax Corporation. Mr. Allender previously served as a director of ESAB Corporation from 2022 to 2026. Mr. Allender previously served as a director of Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. from 2011 to 2020. He has a bachelor's degree in accounting from Loyola University Maryland and is a certified public accountant.

Brett Wilms joined the Company in June 2018 as Managing Director of Identification Solutions EMEA. In October 2022, Mr. Wilms added responsibility as the Interim General Manager of the Workplace Safety business, before being appointed to the role of President - EMEA & Australia in February 2023. Prior to joining Brady, he was Managing Director of a business within Groupe Autajon, a French publicly-traded labels and packaging group with a primary focus on the pharmaceutical market. Before joining Groupe Autajon, Mr. Wilms was Vice President of Operations EMEA for Pentair, Inc. He holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Brussels and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Minnesota.