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Board of Directors

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Christopher J. Kearney, 54, is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of SPX. He was named president and chief executive officer in December 2004, and added the title of chairman in May 2007. He joined the company in February 1997 as vice president, secretary and general counsel and an officer of the company. Prior to joining SPX he was senior vice president and general counsel of Grimes Aerospace Company, a leading manufacturer of aircraft lighting equipment, engine system components and electronic systems. His business experience also includes positions at Borg-Warner Chemicals as senior attorney and senior counsel at General Electric’s global materials business. Mr. Kearney holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and a law degree from DePaul University Law School. Mr. Kearney is a member of the Advisory Council for University Libraries, University of Notre Dame. Mr. Kearney is a director of Nucor Corporation. Mr. Kearney has been a director of SPX since 2004.

 

J. Kermit Campbell

Campbell, 70, is the former chairman, president and chief executive officer of Herman Miller, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of office furniture. Since leaving Herman Miller, Inc. in 1995, Mr. Campbell has invested in a number of ventures including United Power Line Contractors, Bering Truck Corporation, Black Star Farms, Advanced Information Systems, United Shield International, PassAlong Networks and CORE Energy Co. He is a director of Irwin Union Bank, Tennessee Pacific and of PassAlong Networks. Mr. Campbell is an honorary trustee and past chairman of the board of Hope College, a trustee of the Northwestern Michigan College Foundation, a trustee of Eagle Village and a charitable trustee and president of Traverse Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Campbell has been a director of SPX since 1993.

 

J. Michael Fitzpatrick

J. Michael Fitzpatrick, 62, has been chairman and chief executive officer of Citadel Plastics Holdings, Inc., a portfolio company of Wind Point Partners, since March 2007. Citadel Plastics acquires and manages companies in the plastics compounding industry. He has been an executive advisory partner of Wind Point Partners, a middle market private equity firm since 2005. He was also President and Chief Operating Officer of Rohm and Haas Company, an industry-leading specialty materials company, which invents, develops, and manufactures products for the personal care, grocery, automotive, building and construction and electronics industries, from 1999 until his retirement in 2005. He joined Rohm and Haas Company in 1975, and served in various research and development and management positions until his appointment as president and chief operating officer. Dr. Fitzpatrick was vice-chairman, an executive position, of Carpenter Technology from February 2006 to October 2006. Dr. Fitzpatrick is a director of McCormick and Company, Inc. and was formerly a director of Rohm and Haas Company and Carpenter Technology Corporation. Dr. Fitzpatrick has been a director of SPX since 2007.

 

Emerson U. Fullwood

Emerson U. Fullwood, 60, is the retired corporate vice president of Xerox Corporation, a position to which he was named in 1996. In 2004 he assumed the role and responsibilities of executive chief of staff and marketing officer for Xerox North America. Previous positions held by Mr. Fullwood at Xerox were president of the Xerox Worldwide Channels Group, president of Latin America, executive chief staff officer of Developing Markets and president of Worldwide Customer Services. Previously, Mr. Fullwood held several executive and general management leadership positions with Xerox. Mr. Fullwood serves as a director of the Vanguard Group and the Vanguard Funds, the United Way of Rochester, the Rochester Boy Scouts of America, Monroe Community College Foundation, the Urban League and Colgate Rochester Crozier Divinity School. He was formerly a director of General Signal Corporation and the Xerox Foundation. Mr. Fullwood has been a director of SPX since 1998.

 

Albert A. Koch,

Albert A. Koch, 66, is Vice Chairman and Managing Director with AlixPartners, LLP, an international corporate turnaround and financial advisory firm. Mr. Koch joined AlixPartners in 1995 as Managing Principal. In connection with his work at AlixPartners he also currently serves as President and CEO of Handleman Company. Other AlixPartners assignments include Mr. Koch serving as Chairman of Polar Corporation, a privately owned company, since 2004, and also as its CEO from 2004 until 2007. Before that in 2004 and 2005, Mr. Koch was the Chairman, interim President and CEO at Champion Enterprises, Inc., and in 2002 and 2003, Mr. Koch served as interim CFO of the Kmart Corporation. Mr. Koch also was a partner with Ernst & Young for 14 years, including 7 years as Managing Partner of the firm’s Detroit office. Mr. Koch is a director of the American College of Bankruptcy. Mr. Koch has been a director of SPX since 2007.

 

Michael J. Mancuso

Michael J. Mancuso, 66, has been vice president and chief financial officer of Computer Sciences Corporation, a provider of information technology and business process outsourcing and information technology and professional services, since December 2008. He was previously senior vice president and chief financial officer of General Dynamics Corporation. He joined General Dynamics in 1993 as vice president and chief financial officer for General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc., and was promoted to vice president and chief financial officer in 1994. Before joining General Dynamics, Mr. Mancuso spent seven years with United Technologies. His background also includes 21 years with General Electric. Mr. Mancuso is a director of LSI Corporation and the Shaw Group Inc. Mr. Mancuso has been a director of SPX since 2005.

 

Martha B. Wyrsch

Martha B. Wyrsch, 51, is the President, Vestas-American Wind and former president and chief executive officer of Spectra Energy Transmission, LLC, Spectra Energy Corporation’s natural gas transmission and storage business in the United States and Canada, as well as the gathering, processing and distribution businesses in Canada. She served on the board of directors for Spectra Energy Corporation and as chairman of its two publicly traded partnerships, Spectra Energy Partners, L.P. and Spectra Energy Income Fund. Ms. Wyrsch joined Duke Energy Corporation in 1999, where she served in various legal positions. She was group vice president and general counsel, and named president of Duke Energy Gas Transmission in 2005. Previously, Ms. Wyrsch was vice president, general counsel and secretary for KN Energy, Inc. Ms. Wyrsch is a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council and George Washington University Law School Board of Advisors. She serves as a director of Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School, United Way of Greater Houston and the Greater Houston Partnership. Since 1988, she has been a trustee for the Institute and School for Environment and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming. Ms. Wyrsch has been a director of SPX since 2009.