Corporate Governance

John Clarke has served as director since July 2019 and has been our independent chairman of the Board ("Chairman") since November 2023. Mr. Clarke currently serves as a senior advisor and partner of Turnbridge Capital, LLC, a private equity firm investing in companies focused primarily on energy services and equipment and infrastructure, a position that he has held since 2011. From 2004 through 2009, Mr. Clarke served as the chief executive officer and executive chairperson of NATCO Group, Inc. (“NATCO”), a publicly traded oilfield equipment manufacturer and related services provider. During a two decade period beginning in the mid-1970s, Mr. Clarke served as the Chief Financial Officer or otherwise as a senior executive in several large, publicly-traded, energy-related companies, including Transco Energy Company, The Houston Exploration Company, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., and Dynegy Inc. Mr. Clarke also served as a Managing Director of Simmons & Company from 1996 to 1997. Previously, Mr. Clarke has served as a director of Glori Energy, Inc. from 2011 to 2015, Tesco Corporation from 2011 to 2013 and Penn Virginia Corporation from 2009 to 2016. Mr. Clarke earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas and a M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. Mr. Clarke brings to the Board a wealth of managerial experience in publicly traded companies, including as both a chief executive officer and chief financial officer.

Bruce Thames joined the Company in April 2015 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer and appointed as a member of the Board on April 1, 2016. Prior to joining Thermon, Mr. Thames was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of TD Williamson in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a position he held since 2012. TD Williamson manufactures and delivers a portfolio of solutions to the owners and operators of pressurized piping systems for onshore and offshore applications. He joined TD Williamson in 2005 as Vice President, North America and also served as Vice President and General Manager, Eastern Hemisphere from 2010 to 2012. Mr. Thames began his career with Cooper Industries (formerly Intool), where he spent twelve years in various roles within the product engineering, marketing and operations groups. Mr. Thames then joined GE Energy (formerly Dresser Flow Solutions) ("Dresser") and served primarily as the Director of North American Operations and Product Director for Ball Valves globally for Dresser's Valve Group during his tenure from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Thames holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. Mr. Thames brings extensive leadership skills, international acumen, product innovation, operational experience in lean six/sigma and industry knowledge to the Board.

Linda Dalgetty has served as a director since May 2018. Ms. Dalgetty is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS), a charitable non-profit organization providing helicopter air ambulance services to Western Canada. Prior to joining STARS, Ms. Dalgetty served as Vice President, Finance and Services at the University of Calgary, from 2014 until 2021. In her role at the University of Calgary, she had direct responsibility for a large portfolio of university departments, including finance, human resources, information technology, risk, ancillary operations and internal audit. Prior to joining the University of Calgary in 2014, Ms. Dalgetty served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Saxon Energy Services, Inc. from 2013 to 2014, during which time she was responsible for all of the financial functions of a global organization, including reporting, planning, operational accounting and information technology. Prior to her role at Saxon, Ms. Dalgetty served from 1995 to 2013 in various roles of increasing responsibility at Nutrien Ltd. (NYSE: NTR) (formerly, Agrium Inc. ("Agrium")) and Agroservicios Pampeanos SA (a wholly-owned Argentinian subsidiary of Agrium), with her final role being Agrium's Chief Information Officer. Ms. Dalgetty began her early career working as an audit manager with Ernst & Young LLP from 1989 to 1995. Ms. Dalgetty holds a bachelor of commerce degree from the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary. She is also a fellow of the chartered professional accountants and earned an associate diploma in agribusiness from the University of Guelph. Ms. Dalgetty brings broad-based North American and international financial expertise and business experience to the Board. In addition, Ms. Dalgetty has led crisis management efforts related to cybersecurity matters.

Roger Fix has served as director since July 2019. Mr. Fix served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Standex International Corporation (“Standex”), a publicly traded diversified manufacturing and marketing company from 2003 until his retirement in 2014. He was Standex’s Chief Operating Officer from 2001 to 2002. Mr. Fix served on the Standex board of directors from 2001 to 2017 and was non-executive chairman of Standex from 2014 to 2016. Before joining Standex, he was employed by Outboard Marine Corporation, a marine manufacturing company, as Chief Executive Officer and President from 2000 to 2001 and Chief Operating Officer and President during 2000. He served as Chief Executive Officer of John Crane Inc., a global manufacturer of mechanical seals for pump and compressor applications in the process industry, from 1998 to 2000 and as its President - North America from 1996 to 1998. He was President of Xomox Corporation, a manufacturer of process control valves and actuators, from 1993 to 1996. Mr. Fix has served as a director of Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. from 2014 and previously served as a director of Flowserve Corporation ("Flowserve") from 2006 to 2022 and as the non-executive chairman of Flowserve from 2017 to 2021. Mr. Fix holds a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nebraska. Mr. Fix brings a wealth of experience in industrial manufacturing and international business to the Board as well as significant experience as a chief executive officer of a publicly traded company.

Marcus George has served as a director since April 2010. In 2015, Mr. George co-founded and is currently a partner at Onward Capital LLC ("Onward Capital"), a private equity firm focused on investing in and growing lower middle market industrial businesses. Mr. George previously served as a partner at the private equity firm CHS Capital LLC ("CHS") until March 2015. CHS is one of our former private equity sponsors. Mr. George joined CHS in 1997 and was promoted to partner in 2007. Prior to joining CHS, Mr. George was employed by Heller Financial, Inc. in the corporate finance group. He was also an associate at KPMG from 1991 to 1993. Mr. George previously served as a director of GSE Holdings, Inc., a global provider of engineered geosynthetic containment solutions for environmental protection and confinement applications, from June 2011 to August 2014. Mr. George holds a B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. We believe that Mr. George's substantial experience in private equity investments focused on infrastructure and industrial products and financial and capital markets matters bring important and valuable skills to the Board.

Victor L. Richey, has served as a director since December 2023. Until his retirement in September 2022, Mr. Richey was the chairman and chief executive officer of ESCO Technologies, Inc (NYSE: ESE) (“ESCO”), a global provider of highly engineered products and solutions serving diverse end-markets, including aerospace and defense, industrial, utility and renewable energy sectors, and radio frequency shielding and testing. At ESCO, Mr. Richey served as Chief Executive Officer from 2002, as well as Chairman of the Board from 2006, until his retirement in 2022. Mr. Richey has served on the board of directors of Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ: NDSN), a precision technology company serving consumer non-durable, medical, electronics and industrial end-markets, since 2010. He served in the United States Army from 1979 to 1985. Mr. Richey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Washington University. Mr. Richey brings a wealth of experience in industrial manufacturing and international business to the Board, as well as significant experience as a former chief executive officer and chairman of a publicly-traded company.

Dr. Strzelecki is a senior executive with global management responsibility for the pharmaceutical solutions business of IFF. Previously, she was a career executive with DuPont de Nemours, Inc. beginning as a senior chemist and rising through the ranks to the position of Global Business Director, Pharmaceutical Solutions. During her career, she has served in numerous roles of increasing responsibility, including global operations and manufacturing, strategic planning, M&A, integration and business transformation, sales and marketing as well as technology and innovation. Her career has spanned an array of end-user markets including specialty industrial coatings, construction materials, electronics and nutrition and bioscience. Dr. Strzelecki earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from King's College and a doctorate in Chemistry from The Pennsylvania State University.