Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Information About Our Executive Officers
Our executive officers as of October 31, 2025, 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 63 2019 President and Chief Executive Officer
Daniel R. Hopgood 53 2024 Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
James E. DeVries 66 2012 Executive Vice President
Jennifer McDonough 54 2021 Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Joseph P. Kelley 53 2020 Executive Vice President
Sarah Siddiqui 48 2023 Executive Vice President
Srinivas Subramanian 55 2022 Executive Vice President
Justin Hall 47 2025 Executive Vice President
Effective August 1, 2019, Sundaram 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 Inc. from 2010 to 2015. Mr. Nagarajan joined the Board of Directors of Wesco International, Inc. (NYSE: WCC) in 2022. He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Sonoco Products Company (NYSE: SON) from 2015 to 2022.
Effective May 20, 2024, Daniel R. Hopgood was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Nordson, Mr. Hopgood was Controller and Chief Accounting Officer from April 2021 to May 2024 and Senior Vice President, Global Financial Services and Systems from September 2017 to March 2021 of Eaton Corporation (NYSE: ETN), a multinational power management company. Prior to joining Eaton Corporation, Mr. Hopgood served in various roles of increasing responsibility such as Vice President, Aftermarket Americas for Meritor, Inc. (NYSE: MTOR), a Fortune 500 manufacturer of commercial vehicle components and systems, and Manager of Corporate Finance and Reporting for MSX International, Inc., a management consulting company for leading automotive brands.
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Effective November 1, 2023, Joseph P. Kelley was appointed as Executive Vice President - Industrial Precision Solutions. Previously, Mr. Kelley served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since July 2020. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kelley had previously 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 Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: LECO), a global manufacturer of welding and cutting products.
Effective November 1, 2021, Jennifer L. McDonough 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 previously served as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), a Fortune 500 utility company, where she was responsible to deliver 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 and natural gas company, having joined REX Energy Corporation in April 2011, and before that as Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary at Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT), a global manufacturer and provider of engineered products and solutions, 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.
Effective February 20, 2023, Sarah Siddiqui was named Executive Vice President - Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Siddiqui served as Vice President of HR, Operations Engineering, Digital and Corporate Functions from August 2020 to February 2023 and Executive Director of HR, Operations, UTC Aerospace Systems from February 2018 to July 2020 of Collins Aerospace at Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), an aerospace and defense company. Before joining Collins Aerospace, she had various roles of increasing responsibilities within the HR function at United Technologies and Citigroup.
Effective August 1, 2022, Srinivas Subramanian was named Executive Vice President - Advanced Technology Solutions. Previously, Mr. Subramanian served as Vice President of the Electronics Processing Solutions business from June 2020 through July 2022, having served in various roles of increasing responsibility since joining the Company in 2006.
Effective April 28, 2025, Justin Hall was named Executive Vice President - Medical and Fluid Solutions. Previously, Mr. Hall served as Vice President of the Electronics Processing Solutions business from November 2022 through April 27, 2025 and general manager of the Medical Fluid Components business from May 2020 through October 2022, having served in various roles of increasing responsibility since joining the Company in 2006.
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