Mr. Painter has been our chief executive officer and a director since January
2010 and our president since September 1, 2009. Between 1997 and September 2009,
Mr. Painter served as an executive vice president and from March 2007 through
September 2009 had supervisory responsibility for our stock-preparation and
fiber-based products businesses. He served as president of our composite building
products business from 2001 until its sale in 2005. He also served as our treasurer
and the treasurer of Thermo Electron from 1994 until 1997. Prior to 1994, Mr.
Painter held various managerial positions with us and Thermo Electron.
Mr. Langevin has been an executive vice president and our chief operating officer
since January 2010. Prior to January 2010, Mr. Langevin had been a senior vice
president since March 2007 and had supervisory responsibility for our paperline
business, consisting of our Fluid-Handling and our Doctoring, Cleaning, &
Filtration product lines. He served as vice president, with responsibility for
our Doctoring, Cleaning, & Filtration product lines, from 2006 to 2007.
From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Langevin was president of Kadant Web Systems Inc. (now
our Kadant Solutions division) and before that served as its senior vice president
and vice president of operations. Prior to 2001, Mr. Langevin managed several
product groups and departments within Kadant Web Systems after joining us in
1986 as a product development engineer.
Mr. OBrien has been an executive vice president since 1998 and our chief financial
officer since 2001. He served as our treasurer from 2001 to February 2005 and
also as vice president, finance, from 1991 to 1998. Prior to joining us, Mr.
OBrien held various finance positions at Racal Interlan, Inc., Prime Computer,
Compugraphic Corporation, and the General Electric Company. The Company has
announced that Mr. OBrien will retire on June 30, 2015.
Mr. Powell has been an executive vice president since March 2013 and has supervisory
responsibility for our stock-preparation, wood processing, and fiber-based products
businesses. From September 2009 to March 2013, he was a senior vice president.
From January 2008 to September 2009, Mr. Powell was vice president, new ventures,
with principal responsibility for acquisition-related activities. Prior to joining
us, Mr. Powell was the chairman and chief executive officer of Castion Corporation
from April 2003 through December 2007.
Ms. Lambert has been a vice president and our general counsel since 2001, and
our secretary since our incorporation in 1991. Prior to joining us, she was
a vice president and the secretary of Thermo Electron from 1999 and 1990, respectively,
to 2001 and before that was a member of Thermo Electrons legal department.
Mr. McKenney has been our vice president, finance and chief accounting officer
since January 2002 and served as our corporate controller from 1997 to 2007.
Mr. McKenney was controller of our Kadant AES division (now part of our Kadant
Solutions division) from 1993 to 1997. Prior to 1993, Mr. McKenney held various
financial positions at Albany International Corp.
Kadant Inc currently has 698 employees.
