Company Board of Directors

Harold Bevis joined NN in 2023 as President and Chief Executive Officer. He was previously the CEO, President, and Director of Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., where he served for nine years. He has spent half his professional career in public companies and half in private, and brings 30+ years of leadership experience to NN, the majority of which was spent as a CEO, President and Director of various global manufacturing companies. Mr. Bevis began his career at General Dynamics, where he worked on several strategic defense systems, including Star Wars, as well as the Space Shuttle program. He held senior positions at Booz Allen, GE, Emerson Electric, and other manufacturing technology companies, and helped shepherd two start-up ventures into existence. He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, and served as a long-term volunteer for the Special Olympics Association. Mr. Bevis earned an Industrial Engineering degree from Iowa State University and an M.B.A. in Marketing from the Columbia Business School.

Jeri J. Harman joined the Board in February 2019. She was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the Board in January 2021, and is Founder & Chairman of Avante Capital Partners. With over $900 million of capital under management, Avante makes unitranche and subordinated debt and minority equity investments to finance buyouts, minority recaps, acquisitions and growth. In 2018, Avante Capital Partners was named Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) of the Year by the U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The firm was also named Women-Owned Firm of the Year 2018 by Private Equity Women Investor Network (PEWIN). Prior to founding Avante, Ms. Harman started-up and led the Los Angeles offices for two multi-billion publicly traded private equity and mezzanine investment funds – American Capital and more recently Allied Capital, where she was also a member of Allied’s Investment Committee.

Ms. Harman has over 35 years of financing experience, involving well over $1 billion in aggregate investments. She has extensive experience in value creation, capital allocation, mergers and acquisitions and financial strategy matters. These skills, along with her broad background in management and organizational development, strategic planning, risk management and balance sheet management, and her service on the boards of a number of private companies, enables her to bring valuable insights to our Board.

Raynard D. Benvenuti has been a member of the Board since January 2020 and serves as Chair of the Compensation Committee. In 1996, Mr. Benvenuti founded Concord Investment Partners, a boutique investment and advisory firm that invests in engineering-centric industries including aerospace, automotive and industrial manufacturing/distribution companies, and continues to serve as its Managing Director. Mr. Benvenuti currently serves on the Board of Directors of Superior Industries International, Inc. (NYSE: SUP), an international manufacturer of automotive aluminum wheels. From 2007 to 2015, Mr. Benvenuti served as a Managing Partner, Managing Director, and an operational practice leader for the aerospace and automotive/truck sectors at Greenbriar Equity Group, L.P., a private equity group focused on transportation-related enterprises. While at Greenbriar, Mr. Benvenuti served as a director on five boards, three as Chairman, including as Chairman and interim CEO of Align Aerospace, LLC, an aerospace hardware distribution company. From 2002 until its sale to GKN plc in 2006, Mr. Benvenuti served as the President and CEO of Stellex Aerostructures, Inc., a manufacturer of large structural components for commercial and military aircraft. Prior to 2002, he worked at Forstmann Little & Co., a private equity firm, and McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, where he advised high technology and industrial sector clients in the areas of strategic planning and operational improvement.

Mr. Benvenuti brings to the board extensive experience as a senior executive, director and advisor to various aerospace, automotive and manufacturing companies, including in turnaround and highly leveraged situations, as well as valuable strategic, financial, operational and corporate governance expertise.

Christina E. Carroll has been a member of the Board since December 2019 and serves as the Chair of the Governance Committee. Since 2012, Ms. Carroll has been a managing director at Stout Risius Ross, LLC where she has been responsible for originating and executing valuations, fairness opinions and other transaction-related financial advisory services across multiple industries. Prior to joining Stout, Ms. Carroll was a director of financial advisory services at Houlihan Lokey, Inc. She also previously held managerial positions at Ernst & Young LLP, including a partner in valuation and transaction advisory services, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Ms. Carroll brings to the board over 31 years of experience in finance, valuation, strategy, capital markets, restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions. This experience, and her prior service as a director of The Chefs’ Warehouse, a publicly traded company, and Stout, a private company, enables her to provide important perspectives to the Board.

João Faria was appointed to the Board in April 2021. Mr. Faria currently serves as President of the Vehicle Group/eMobility at Eaton Corporation, a global power management company providing energy-efficient products and services to help customers effectively manage electric, hydraulic, and mechanical power. In an engineering and manufacturing career spanning more than three decades, Mr. Faria has held a variety of leadership positions at Eaton, including President Corporate Latin America, Vice President Eaton Electric Latin America, Americas Regional President for Hydraulics Group, and President of Eaton Powertrain Specialty Control Operation Worldwide.

Mr. Faria brings extensive manufacturing and engineering experience to the Board, with a specific focus on the electric vehicle market. This global leadership experience enables him to bring valuable perspective to our Board.

Dr. Rajeev Gautam was appointed to the Board in May 2021. Dr. Gautam served as the President and Chief Executive Officer, Performance Materials and Technologies of Honeywell International, Inc., a global provider in developing and manufacturing high-quality performance chemicals and materials, process technologies, and automation solutions, from 2016 until his retirement from Honeywell in September 2021. From 2009 to 2016, Dr. Gautam served as President of Honeywell UOP. He previously served as Vice President of Research and Development, Honeywell UOP, and Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Performance Materials and Technologies. Dr. Gautam began his career with Union Carbide in 1978, which became part of a joint venture with Honeywell UOP in 1988. Throughout his career, Dr. Gautam has championed innovative solutions for industry needs and has been responsible for the development and commercialization of a broad range of catalytic and separations applications for the refining, petrochemical and gas processing industries.

Dr. Gautam brings substantive experience as a senior executive to manufacturing companies, and his current service as a senior executive for a publicly traded company, enables him to bring valuable insight, knowledge and experience to the Board.

Thomas H. Wilson, Jr. has been a member of the Board since December 2019 and serves as Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Wilson is a Managing Partner at DecisionPoint Advisors, LLC, a specialized merger and acquisition advisory firm for mid-market technology companies. Prior to joining DecisionPoint in 2008, he served as Chairman and CEO of NuTech Solutions from 2004 to 2008, a business intelligence software company that was acquired by Neteeza. From 1997 to 2004, Mr. Wilson was President of Osprey, a consulting and systems integration firm. Prior to his work at Osprey, Mr. Wilson was employed by IBM for 14 years in a variety of management and sales positions. Mr. Wilson is a member of the board of directors of Jack Henry & Associates, LLC, a financial services technology company, and serves as the Chair of its Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee.

Mr. Wilson has over 36 years of business experience and has significant buy-side and sell-side transaction experience. He has a strong background in financial controls, auditing, financial management and accounting, and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Wilson’s years of senior-level executive management and financial experience, and current service as the chair of the audit committee of a publicly traded company, brings valuable knowledge and experience to the Company’s Audit Committee.