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Regal Rexnord, through its Board of Directors, recognizes that good governance requires an ongoing commitment and contributes tangibly to Regal Rexnord’s long-term business success. Board members act as both external ambassadors and internal business advisors, providing input on company initiatives and representing the Company in the community. The Board acts in the best interests of Regal Rexnord and its shareholders to foster the long-term success of the Company.

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Ms. Bertsch is retired and was most recently the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Owens-Illinois, Inc., a packaging and glass container manufacturer, from 2015 to 2019. Prior to this role, Ms. Bertsch served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation from 2012 to 2015. Prior to that role, Ms. Bertsch served as Treasurer and then Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer at BorgWarner Inc., from 2009 to 2012. Ms. Bertsch also served as Corporate Treasurer and Chief Information Officer at Chrysler LLC and earlier in various roles of increasing responsibility in Finance and Treasury at Ford Motor Company. Ms. Bertsch has a B.S. in Finance from Wayne State University and an M.B.A. from Eastern Michigan University. Ms. Bertsch has been a director of BWX Technologies, Inc. since 2013, and became the independent chair of the BWX Technologies board in 2022. She has also been a director of Axalta Coating Systems since 2022 and served as a director of Meritor, Inc. from 2016 to 2022.

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Mr. Burt is the Managing Director of Duff & Phelps, a provider of independent financial advisory and investment banking services. Mr. Burt is currently the leader of the firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory practice, as well as the President of Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC, a provider of merger and acquisition advisory services, and has been with the company since 1994. Mr. Burt has a B.S. in Finance from Indiana University and an M.B.A. in Finance from DePaul University. Mr. Burt serves on the Finance Advisory Board in the Driehaus College of Business at DePaul University and was previously an NACD Board Leadership Fellow.

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Ms. Chaibi served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of CoolSys, Inc., a market-leading refrigeration and HVAC service provider, until February 2023. Prior to joining CoolSys, Ms. Chaibi served as an industry advisor in the Industrial and Business Services Group with Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm focused on growth investing, from 2019 to 2021. Prior to that role, Ms. Chaibi was the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Optimas OE Solutions, LLC, a global provider of integrated supply chain solutions and engineering support, from 2016-2019. Previously, Ms. Chaibi served as President and Chief Executive Officer of HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, a division of HD Supply Holdings, Inc., an industrial supplier, from 2005 to 2015. Prior to this role, Ms. Chaibi held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility within several business units at General Electric from 1989 to 2005. Ms. Chaibi has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia University and an M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Additionally, Ms. Chaibi is an NACD Board Leadership Fellow. Ms. Chaibi has served as a director of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of stormwater and onsite septic wastewater management products and solutions, since 2020.

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Mr. Crandall retired from Rockwell Automation, a leading global provider of industrial automation power, control and information solutions, in 2019. His most recent roles included Senior Vice President of the Control Products and Solutions segment from 2017 to 2019, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rockwell Automation from 2007 to 2017. Prior to that Mr. Crandall served in a variety of executive roles in finance, manufacturing and logistics and general management for Rockwell Automation and Electronics Corporation of America, a company acquired by Rockwell Automation in 1986. Prior to joining our Board, Mr. Crandall served as a director of Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation (formerly known as Rexnord Corporation) from 2015 to 2021. Mr. Crandall received a B.S. in Management Science and Economics and a Master’s degree in Industrial Administration from Carnegie-Mellon University.

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Mr. Doerr is the Chief Executive Officer of Passage Partners, LLC (a private investment company) and previously served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer from 2001–2016. In prior roles, Mr. Doerr served as the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Aviation Holdings, Inc. (an aircraft management and charter company), from 2004–2014; Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Karl’s Rental, Inc. (a global manufacturer and supplier of portable event structures and related equipment), from 2009–2011; and as the President and Co-CEO of Leeson Electric Corporation, from 1986–2001. Mr. Doerr has served as a director of several privately-held and publicly-traded companies and most recently served as a director of Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc. (a transportation and supply chain solutions provider) from 2010 until the spin-off of its Ascent Global Logistics business in 2020. Mr. Doerr has served as a director of Ascent Global Logistics since 2020.

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Mr. Doss has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Graphic Packaging Holding Company, a $9.4 billion public company that is a leader in the design and manufacturing of packaging for consumer products, since 2015. Prior to that role, Mr. Doss held roles of increasing complexity with Graphic Packaging from 1990 to 2015, including Chief Operating Officer (2013-2015), Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations (2012-2013), Senior Vice President, Consumer Packaging (2008-2012), Senior Vice President, Food and Consumer Products Packaging (2006-2008), Vice President, Operations, Universal Packaging (2003-2006), Director Web Systems, Universal Packaging (2000-2003), and Plant Manager (1990-2000). Mr. Doss served as a director of Sealed Air Corporation from 2020 to 2022, and is a member of the boards of directors for the American Forest & Paper Association, the Sustainable Forest Initiative, the Paper Recycling Coalition, the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the Atlanta Metro Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Doss has both a B.S. in Industrial Marketing and an M.B.A. from Western Michigan University. Mr. Doss was recommended to our Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Director Affairs Committee by a third-party search firm.

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Mr. Hilton is retired and most recently served as a director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nordson Corporation, an engineering and manufacturing company, from 2010 to 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Hilton served at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial gases, beginning in 1976 in various roles of increasing responsibility, serving most recently as the Senior Vice President and General Manager, Electronics and Performance Materials, from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Hilton has both a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an M.B.A. from Lehigh University. Mr. Hilton has served as a director of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. since 2015, and Ryder System, Inc. since 2012.

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Mr. Pinkham joined our Company in April 2019 as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Pinkham was Senior Vice President of Crane Co., an industrial products manufacturer, from 2016 to 2019, and served in other leadership roles at Crane Co. from 2012 to 2016. Prior to joining Crane Co., Mr. Pinkham was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Critical Power Solutions Division, Electrical Group at Eaton Corporation. From 2000 to 2012, he held successive and increasing roles of global responsibility at Eaton. Prior to joining Eaton, Mr. Pinkham held an Engineering and Quality Manager position at ITT Sherotec and a Process Design Engineer position with Molecular Biosystems, Inc. Mr. Pinkham serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Chicago Medical Center, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI), and as a member of the Board of Governors for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association. Mr. Pinkham has a B.S. in Engineering from Duke University, an M.S. in Engineering Management from Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, and an M.B.A. from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

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Mr. Sachdev most recently served as the interim Chief Executive Officer of Axalta Coating Systems, a S&P 400 company and a global supplier of paints and coatings to the automotive and industrial markets, from August 2022 until the end of 2022, after which he was appointed as the independent chairman of the Axalta board. Prior to that role, Mr. Sachdev served as the Chief Executive Officer of Platform Specialty Products Corporation (renamed Element Solutions Inc.), a global diversified producer of high-technology specialty chemicals; he served as the Chief Executive Officer from 2016 to 2019 and a director from 2016 to 2020. Prior to that role, Mr. Sachdev served as a director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, a leading S&P 500 life science and technology company, from 2010 to 2015 and as the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Sachdev also served in various executive positions at Meritor, Inc. , a global supplier of automotive systems and components, and Cummins Inc., a global engine and power systems manufacturer. Mr. Sachdev currently is a senior advisor at New Mountain Capital, a private equity firm. Mr. Sachdev has served as a director of Edgewell Personal Care Company since 2015, Herc Holdings since 2021, and Axalta Coating Systems since 2020. In the past, Mr. Sachdev served as a director of Avantor, Inc., from 2019 to 2021, a board member and Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis. Mr. Sachdev has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, and an M.B.A. from Indiana University.

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Mr. Stoelting most recently was a director and the Chief Executive Officer of Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc., a transportation and logistics service provider, from 2017 to 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Stoelting was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Roadrunner from 2016 to 2017. Prior to that role, Mr. Stoelting served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of TOMY International (formerly RC2 Corporation), a designer, producer, and marketer of products for infants and toddlers, from 2003 to 2013. Prior to that role, Mr. Stoelting served in several leadership roles at RC2 from 1994 to 2003, including as the Chief Operating Officer and a director beginning in 2000. Mr. Stoelting has a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Illinois and is a Certified Public Accountant.

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Ms. Walker-Lee served as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., a leader in automotive safety systems and one of the top financial performers in the industry, from 2010 to 2015. Prior to that role, she served as Assistant General Counsel of Operations for General Motors Company, together with its predecessor General Motors Corporation, “GM”, an automobile manufacturer, from 2009 to 2010, and as General Counsel and Vice President of Public Policy for GM — Latin America, Africa, and Middle East, from 2002 to 2008. She also had oversight responsibility for several high-profile corporate matters and served on special assignment to the General Counsel of GM during its bankruptcy restructuring. Prior to joining our Board, Ms. Walker-Lee served as a director of Zurn Water Solutions Corporation (formerly known as Rexnord Corporation) from 2015 to 2021 and has served on the EMCOR Group Board of Directors as Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee since 2018. EMCOR Group is a global leader in mechanical and electrical construction, industrial and energy infrastructure, and facilities services to commercial, industrial, utility, and institutional customers. Ms. Walker-Lee has an undergraduate degree from University of Kansas and a Juris Doctorate degree from University of Michigan Law School.