Ingersoll Rand Announces Appointment of Mark Stevenson and Michael Stubblefield to Board of Directors

DAVIDSON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), a global provider of mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions, today announced that Mark Stevenson and Michael Stubblefield joined its Board of Directors on July 28, 2022.

Mr. Stevenson is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., a Fortune 100 company and world leader in serving science through its life science solutions, analytical instruments, specialty diagnostics and laboratory products and biopharma services. He held this role from 2017 until his retirement in 2022. He joined the company in 2014 as Executive Vice President and President of Life Sciences Solutions through the acquisition of Life Technologies. Mr. Stevenson previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Life Technologies, and President and Chief Operating Officer of Applied Biosystems prior to its merger with Invitrogen Corporation in 2008. He has an MBA from Henley Management College, United Kingdom, and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Reading, United Kingdom.

Mr. Stubblefield currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer and Board member of Avantor, a Fortune 500 company and leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education and government, and advanced technologies and applied materials industries. Prior to becoming CEO of Avantor in 2014, Mr. Stubblefield served as a senior expert in the Chemicals Practice for McKinsey & Company. Before joining McKinsey, he held various leadership roles at Celanese Corporation, including Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Engineered Materials and Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. Stubblefield earned an MBA from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Utah.

“I’m excited to welcome Mark and Michael to our Board,” said Ingersoll Rand Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer Vicente Reynal. “We have always focused on new board members who bring experience and perspectives aligned with our key strategies. Mark and Michael are no exception. Mark’s experience in leading a growth compounder in sustainable end markets such as life sciences and medical aligns closely with our long-term vision for Ingersoll Rand, and his experience with machine learning systems supports our innovation in the areas of digitalization and IIoT. At Avantor, Michael has led a dramatic portfolio evolution since being named CEO, and has positioned the company as a leader in life sciences through new product innovation, organic growth and strategic M&A, which are three critical focus areas for us as well. Their knowledge and insights will be powerful additions as we continue on our path of becoming a growth compounder through expansion in sustainable end markets, product innovation and M&A. I look forward to their contributions.”

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