Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Discussion of legal matters is incorporated by reference to Part II, Item 8. Note 19, “C ommitments and Contingencies,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
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INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Set forth below are the names, ages, positions and experience of our executive officers. All of our executive officers hold office at the pleasure of our BOD.
Name Age Position
Shyam P. Kambeyanda 55 President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
Kevin Johnson 50 Chief Financial Officer
Olivier Biebuyck 55 President, Fabrication Technology
Michele Campion 49 Chief Human Resources Officer
Curtis Jewell 44 Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Shyam P. Kambeyanda has been President and Chief Executive Officer of ESAB since May 2016 and has served as a member of our BOD since April 2022. As the leader of ESAB, Mr. Kambeyanda has overseen the growth of the fabrication technology business, expanding ESAB’s global operations, improving financial performance and driving EBXai throughout the business. Mr. Kambeyanda also served as Executive Vice President at Colfax Corporation (now Enovis) from December 2019 until April 2022. Prior to joining ESAB, Mr. Kambeyanda most recently served as the President Americas for Eaton Corporation’s Hydraulics Group. Mr. Kambeyanda joined Eaton in 1995 and held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility in engineering, quality, e-commerce, product strategy and operations management in the United States, Mexico, Europe and Asia. Mr. Kambeyanda maintains a keen international perspective on driving growth and business development in emerging markets. Mr. Kambeyanda also serves on the board of directors and audit committee of Veralto Corporation, a global leader in essential water and product quality solutions that was spun off from Danaher Corporation in October 2023. Mr. Kambeyanda holds bachelor’s degrees in physics and general science from Coe College in Iowa and in electrical engineering from Iowa State University. Mr. Kambeyanda also earned his M.B.A from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and is a Six Sigma Green Belt.
Kevin Johnson has been ESAB’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) since May 2019, managing financial planning, controlling, tax, treasury, investor relations, business development and information technology functions. From 2017 to 2019, he served as Vice President of Finance at Colfax Corporation (now Enovis), where he handled investor relations, financial planning and acquisition support. Prior to that, he held various senior financial positions at Howden starting in 2001, working in Australia, Europe and South Africa. Mr. Johnson is an Australian CPA with a bachelor’s degree from Queens University, Northern Ireland, a master’s degree in accounting from Macquarie University, Australia and an M.B.A. from Hasselt University, Belgium.
Olivier Biebuyck has been President, Fabrication Technology of ESAB since January 2023. Prior to his current role, Mr. Biebuyck served as President, EMEA of ESAB from April 2021 to January 2023. Mr. Biebuyck joined ESAB in May 2017 as VP/GM of ESAB’s filler metals business and served in senior global positions with the company. Before joining ESAB, Mr. Biebuyck was an executive at Honeywell where he served as VP/GM of Honeywell Electronics Materials from July 2015 until April 2017 after being the Chief Marketing Officer of Honeywell Process Solutions from 2013 to 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Biebuyck was an executive at Lafarge where he held several P&L leadership roles and a senior management consultant with McKinsey & Company. Mr. Biebuyck holds a master’s degree in commercial engineering from the Solvay Business School at the Brussels University in Belgium.
Michele Campion has been ESAB’s Chief Human Resources Officer since April 2022 and previously served as Vice President, Human Resources of ESAB. Ms. Campion leads ESAB’s global human resources strategy in partnership with the executive team. Prior to joining ESAB, she served as Vice President, Human Resources at Under Armour, Inc. from November 2014 to September 2020. She also held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility in human resources at McCormick & Co., BP, International Partnership for Microbicides and Areas Global TB Vaccine Foundation. Ms. Campion earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and an M.S. degree in biotechnology with a concentration in biotech enterprise from Johns Hopkins University.
Curtis Jewell has been Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary of ESAB Corporation since April 2022 and previously served as General Counsel of ESAB. He has significant experience leading legal teams through complex acquisitions and crossborder initiatives while driving process improvement. Prior to his appointment at ESAB, he was the Corporate Secretary of Colfax Corporation, where he held roles of increasing responsibility since joining in February 2011.
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Before joining Colfax, Mr. Jewell was in private practice at Hogan Lovells LLP, where he focused on securities law and corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions. He began his legal career at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in New York. Mr. Jewell earned his bachelor’s degree in philosophy and political science from Washington University in St. Louis, and his law degree from The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where he also received a Certificate in Business and Public Policy from The Wharton School.
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