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The Company is governed by a Board of Directors, all of whom are elected annually by the stockholders. Pursuant to the By-Laws, the Board of Directors may increase or decrease the number of directors from time to time, but not to less than three. At present there are nine directors. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors are held quarterly. Pursuant to the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, a meeting of the non-management directors is normally held in conjunction with each regular meeting. The “non-management” directors include all of the directors other than Gunnar Kleveland, the President and Chief Executive Officer.

Persons may communicate directly with the non-management directors as a group by writing to:

Chairman of the Board
Albany International Corp.
216 Airport Drive
Rochester, NH 03867

  • John R. Scannell

    John R. Scannell

    Chairman of the Board

    JOHN R. SCANNELL has been a Director of the Company since February 2012. He has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Moog Inc., a worldwide designer, manufacturer, and integrator of high-performance precision motion and fluid control systems for a broad range of applications, since January 2014. Mr. Scannell joined Moog in 1990 as an Engineering Manager of Moog Ireland and later became Operations Manager of Moog GmbH in Germany. In 1999, he became the General Manager of Moog Ireland, and in 2003 moved to the Aircraft Group in East Aurora, New York, as the Boeing 787 Program Manager. He was named Moog’s Director of Contracts and Pricing in 2005. Mr. Scannell was elected Vice President of Moog in 2005 and Chief Financial Officer in 2007, a position he held until December 2010, at which time he was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer. In December 2011, he was named Moog’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Scannell also serves on the Board of M&T Bank. Mr. Scannell’s range of management experience in engineering, operations management, contracts, and finance, along with his in-depth knowledge of aerospace markets, products, and technologies, make him highly qualified to serve as a Director. In addition to an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, Mr. Scannell holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University College Cork, Ireland. Age 58.
  • Kleveland Gunnar

    Gunnar Kleveland

    President and Chief Executive Officer

    Gunnar Kleveland, 54, President and Chief Executive Officer, joined the Company in 2023. He has served the Company as President and Chief Executive Officer since September 2023. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kleveland served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Textron Specialized Vehicles Inc. He also served as the President of TRU Simulation + Training Inc. and Executive Vice President of Integrated Operations for Bell Helicopter Textron inc. Prior to joining Textron in 2004, Mr. Kleveland was a fighter pilot in the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) and finished his 15-year career in the air force as the Chief of Flight Safety.

  • C M Alvord

    Christina M. Alvord

    Director

    CHRISTY ALVORD has been a director since February of 2022. She previously served in various roles at Vulcan Materials Company, from 2016 to 2021, including President, Southern and Gulf Coast Division; President, Central Division; and Vice President, Performance Improvement. Prior to 2016 Ms. Alvord held various technical and executive leadership positions at the GE Aviation unit of General Electric Company, including General Manager, Turbine Airfoils Center of Excellence; President, Unison Industries; and President, Middle River Aircraft Systems. Ms Alvord holds holds a B.S. degree in Political Science, and a B.S. and M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, all from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Ms. Alvord’s extensive experience in manufacturing environments as well as her previous responsibilities with GE Aviation, will contribute to the Company’s focus on lean manufacturing and continuous improvement processes, particularly as the Albany Engineered Composites segment continues to grow. She brings to the role significant knowledge and experience regarding talent management, manufacturing operations and strategic development in the aerospace industry. Age 54.
  • Kenneth W Krueger

    Kenneth W. Krueger

    Director

    KENNETH W. KRUEGER has been a Director of the Company since December 2016. Mr. Krueger currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Manitowoc Company, Inc. He has been a member of the Manitowoc Board of Directors since 2004. From October 2015 until March 2016, he also served as Manitowoc’s interim President and CEO. Mr. Krueger served as Chief Operating Officer of Bucyrus International, Inc., a global manufacturer of mining equipment, from 2006 to 2009, having previously served as Executive Vice President from 2005 to 2006. Mr. Krueger also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of A.O. Smith Corp., a global manufacturer of water heating and treatment systems, from 2000 to 2005, and as Vice President, Finance and Planning for the Hydraulics, Semiconductor and Specialty Controls business segment of Eaton Corporation in 1999 and 2000. Mr. Krueger has served as a director of Douglas Dynamics, Inc. since 2012, where he is currently chair of the audit committee and also serves on the compensation and nominating and governance committees. Mr. Krueger’s contributions to the Company’s Board include his experience as a chief operating officer, chief executive officer and chairman of a public company, his board experience at other public companies, and his prior treasury and financial reporting experience. Age 65.
  • Bonnie C. Lind

    Bonnie C. Lind

    Director

    Bonnie C. Lind has been a director of the Company since February 2024. Ms. Lind served as Sr. Vice President, CFO & Treasurer of Neenah Inc. following its spinoff from Kimberly-Clark Corporation in 2004 until her retirement in October 2020. Prior to that, she held a number of increasingly senior financial and operational positions within Kimberly-Clark Corporation, culminating in Assistant Treasurer. Ms. Lind is currently a Director at Hubbell Incorporated, where she is Chair of its Audit Committee and a member of its Corporate Governance Committee, as well as a Director of Mission Produce, where she is Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Nominating/Governance Committee. She previously served on the Boards of US Silica, Federal Signal and Empire District Electric Company.

    Ms. Lind holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) degree with honors from the University of Georgia. Ms. Lind's experience as a CFO, and particular experience in the paper industry, coupled with significant board experience at other public companies, make her highly qualified to serve on the Company's Board of Directors.

  • J. Michael McQuade

    J. Michael McQuade, Ph. D.

    Director

    J. MICHAEL McQUADE, Ph.D. has been a director of the Company since December 2020. He currently serves as Vice President for Research at Carnegie Mellon University, a private, global research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also served on the Defense Innovation Board of the United States Department of Defense. From 2006 to 2018, he served as Senior Vice President, Science & Technology at United Technologies Company which, prior to its merger with Raytheon Technologies Company, was a diversified company with extensive aerospace operations. From 2002 to 2006, Dr. McQuade was Vice President of 3M Medical Business Unit and from 2000 to 2001 President, Kodak Health Imaging Business Unit and Senior Vice President, Eastman Kodak. Prior to 2000, Dr. McQuade held various technical and managerial positions at the health imaging businesses of Kodak, 3M Company and Imation. Dr. McQuade holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University. His extensive background in research and development, program management, and innovation are valuable attributes for oversight of the Company’s research and development operations as well as its Albany Engineered Composites segment, which seeks to grow as a key supplier to customers in the aerospace industry. Age 66.
  • Mark J. Murphy

    Mark J. Murphy

    Director

    MARK J. MUPRHY has been a director of the Company since May 2020. He is the Chief Financial Officer of Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions. Mr. Murphy joined Micron as CFO in April 2022 and is responsible for all financial functions including tax, treasury, internal audit and investor relations. From June 2016 until joining Micron, Mr. Murphy was Chief Financial Officer of Quorvo, Inc., a leading provider of wireless and wired connectivity solutions. He was previously executive vice president and CFO of Delphi Automotive, PLC, a supplier of advanced technologies to the automotive industry. Mr. Murphy joined Delphi from Praxair, Inc., a global industrial gas supplier, where he was president of the U.S. Industrial Gases business, and before that, president of Praxair's Surface Technologies and Electronic Materials division. He previously served as senior vice president and CFO of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., corporate controller of Praxair, president of Praxair's Electronics division and vice president of finance for Praxair Asia based in Shanghai. Mr. Murphy's experience as a CFO and general manager in high technology industrial businesses, including those serving aerospace and advanced materials markets, and his extensive experience working in Asia and Europe make him qualified to serve as a director. Age 54
  • Katharine Plourde

    Katharine L. Plourde

    Director

    KATHARINE L. PLOURDE has been a Director of the Company since May 2013. She was a principal and analyst at the investment banking firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. (“DLJ”) until November 1997. Since that time, she has engaged in private investing. She previously served as a director of Pall Corporation, a global provider of filtration, separation and purification products and systems, from 1995 until its acquisition by Danaher Corporation in 2015, and of OM Group Inc. (OMG), a provider of specialty chemicals, advanced materials and technologies, from 2002 until OMG was acquired by Apollo Global Management in 2015. She also previously served as lead independent director of OMG and on the audit committees of OMG and Pall. She has also served on the board of directors of Evercore Equity Fund, a publicly traded mutual fund, since November 2014. Ms. Plourde brings significant analytical and financial expertise to the Board in a number of critical areas, including investor relations, financial reporting, accounting, corporate finance, and capital markets. Ms. Plourde’s years of service on the nominating/governance committees at Pall and OM Group have also given her significant Board governance experience and contributed to her expertise on governance issues generally. Age 70.
  • R E Toney

    Russell E. Toney

    Director

    Russell E. Toney has been a director of the Company since March 2022. Since March 2023 he has been President of Nortek Air Solutions, a leading manufacturer of custom air handling solutions for commercial, industrial and educational facilities. From 2018 to March 2023 he was President, Specialty Products Group at Dover Corporation, a diversified global manufacturing company. From 2015 to 2018 he served as Dover’s Senior Vice President, Global Sourcing, where he also had responsibility for its Global Innovation center in India. Before joining Dover, Mr. Toney spent 13 years at General Electric Company where he held various sales and leadership positions in its plastics business, as well as supply chain and leadership roles at its energy business. Prior to that, he was a strategy consultant with Boston Consulting Group and worked in engineered and manufacturing roles at Procter & Gamble Company. Mr. Toney holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton and an M.B.A. from the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. Age 52.

Board Committees The Board has three standing committees:

 

Independence of Directors

The NYSE Rules require that our Board have a majority of "independent" directors, and that the Compensation and Governance Committees be composed entirely of "independent" directors. The Board of Directors has determined that all of its members, with the exception of Gunnar Kleveland, are "independent" under the NYSE Rules. Mr. Kleveland does not serve on any Committees of the Board.

Request Copies of Documents

Stockholders of the company may obtain a copy of the Corporate Governance Guidelines, the charter of a standing committee, the Business Ethics Policy, or the Code of Ethics, without charge, by writing to:

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