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Dr. John Rogers, Chair, Board of Directors - Former President & CEO of CFA Institute

John Rogers is the Chair of Mativ’s Board of Directors. He served as the Non-Executive Chair of the former SWM International’s Board of Directors beginning in February 2019 and as a Director from 2009 to the present. 

John brings three decades of experience as an investment professional. He was formerly the Global CEO of institutional business at Invesco and finished his career in investment management by serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of CFA Institute. Prior to his time with Invesco, John worked at Citibank and Cigna in Japan and Australia.

John, a CFA Charterholder, has served on numerous boards, endowments and advisory committees in both the not-for-profit and in the corporate sectors. He earned a BA in History from Yale University and an MA in East Asian Studies from Stanford University and a PhD in Counseling and Supervision from James Madison University.

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Julie Schertell, President & Chief Executive Officer Greater Atlanta Area

Julie Schertell is Mativ’s President and Chief Executive Officer and serves on its Board of Directors. Formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of Neenah, Inc., she has held numerous leadership positions within the company over the last 14 years, including Chief Operations Officer, Segment President of Technical Products and Fine Paper & Packaging and Vice President and General Manager of Fine Paper & Packaging. 

Julie began her career at Georgia-Pacific in 1992 as a Financial Analyst for Consumer Products. While at Georgia-Pacific, she served in several roles over her 16-year career there, including Vice President of Sales and Marketing Strategy, Vice President of Supply Chain, Director of Sales Operations and Director of Financial Planning and Analysis.

Julie graduated from Florida State University’s College of Business in 1991 with a BA in Accounting and received her MAcc degree from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business in 1992. 

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Bill Cook, Board of Directors - Retired Chair & CEO of Donaldson Company, Inc.

Bill Cook is a member of Mativ’s Board of Directors. Previously, Bill was Non-Executive Chair of the Board of Neenah, Inc. He is the former Executive Chair (2015 to 2016) of Donaldson Company Inc., a technology-driven global company that manufacturers filtration systems to remove contaminants from air and liquids. Bill also served as the Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer (2004 to 2015) of Donaldson. 

Prior to 2004, Bill held various roles at Donaldson of increasing responsibility, including serving as Senior Vice President, International (2000 to 2004), Chief Financial Officer (2001 to 2004) and Senior Vice President, Commercial and Industrial (1994 to 2000). 

Bill also serves as the Non-Executive Chair of IDEX Corporation and as the Non-Executive Chair of Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. He is also the former Director and Executive Chair for Donaldson Company Inc. and previously served as a Director of Valspar Corporation. He brings 35 years of filtration industry background, operations experience and financial expertise and is a highly experienced public company Board member. 

Bill holds both a BS degree in Business Management and an MBA degree from Virginia Tech.

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Jeffrey Keenan, Director & Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee - Former President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer, Roark Capital Group

Jeffrey J. Keenan currently serves as a Mativ Director and a member of its Audit Committee and Nominating & Governance Committee. He formerly served as SWM International’s Director, beginning in 2016, where he was a member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the Nominating & Governance Committee. He is the former President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Roark Capital Group. Jeffrey also led the firm’s investments in environmental services, including Waste Pro, GFL Environmental, Solterra and Qualawash. 

His prior experience includes senior leadership and board roles in over 20 companies and senior leadership roles at AEA Investors and Oak Hill Capital. Jeffrey was also a founder and Executive Chair of IESI Corporation (1996 to 2005). He currently serves as a Director and investor in Capital Waste Services, Live Oak Environmental and EcoSouth Services. He also serves as a Board Member of the Game Conservancy USA Inc., and the Pine Creek Sporting Club.

Jeffrey earned his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago Law School. He also holds a BA degree in Economics from the University of Chicago.

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Marco Levi, Director - Chief Executive Officer, Ferroglobe PLC

Dr. Marco Levi is a Director on Mativ’s Board of Directors and has been on the Board of Directors of the former SWM International since 2017. 

Marco has served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Ferroglobe PLC, a world leader in mines and minerals, since 2020. From 2014 to 2016, Marco served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj, a global fiber materials company listed in Finland, where he led a successful transformation of the business by re-focusing its product portfolio towards value-added specialty products. 

Prior to that, Marco was Senior Vice President and Business President of the $3 billion emulsion polymers division of chemicals manufacturer Styron, including during the period in which Styron was acquired by Bain Capital from Dow Chemical Company. Marco previously spent over 22 years at Dow in various departments and roles, ultimately serving as General Manager of the emulsion polymers business. 

He has also served as a Director for several other companies, including Glassolite Group Limited (2018 to 2020), Bardot SA (2018 to 2019), Chromatic 3D Materials (2018 to 2019) and Tesca Group (2016 to 2019). Marco holds a PhD in Industrial Chemistry from the Università degli Studi di Milano, Statale, in Italy. 

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Dr. Kimberly Ritrievi, Director, Audit Committee Chair - Current President, The Ritrievi Group, LLC

Dr. Kimberly Ritrievi currently serves on Mativ’s Board of Directors as its Audit Committee Chair and has served on the former SWM International Board of Directors since 2018. She is currently President at The Ritrievi Group, LLC, a consultancy focused on equity value-creation for public and private technology and chemical companies from 2005 to 2018 and on private investing from 2018 to the present.

Prior to founding The Ritrievi Group, LLC, she served in numerous leadership positions at Goldman Sachs & Co., including as Co-Director of Investment Research for the U.S., Canada, Latin and South America from 2001 to 2004. Previously, Kimberly was a Specialty Chemicals Analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Brothers and UBS Wealth Management (fka Paine Webber). She started her career as a process development engineer at ARCO Chemical. 

She also serves as a Director, Audit Committee Financial Expert and Chair of the Strategic Planning & Enterprise Risk Committee of Tetra Tech, a Board she joined in 2013.

Kimberly received her ScD in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), holds an MS in Management from the MIT Sloan School of Management and earned a BSE from Princeton University. She also continues to serve on advisory boards at Princeton University, MIT and the Wellesley Centers for Women.

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Shruti Singhal, Director - Current Chief Executive Officer, Chroma Color Corporation

Shruti Singhal is a member of Mativ’s Board of Directors and was appointed to the former Neenah, Inc.’s, Board of Directors in 2021. He has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Chroma Color Corporation, a leading formulator, and specialty color and additive concentrates supplier since 2021. 

Prior to joining Chroma Color, he most recently served as President for DSM’s Engineering Materials business from 2018 to 2021. Throughout his career, Shruti has worked in North America and Europe and has held positions of increasing leadership responsibility with multi-national companies including Henkel, Cognis (now BASF), Rohm & Haas, The Dow Chemical Company, Ashland, Solenis and General Cable.  

In addition to his time at Neenah, Inc., Shruti serves on the Main Line Indian Association’s Board of Directors. Prior to this, he held the position of Secretary and Commissioner for the Mayor’s Commission on Asian American Affairs from 2012 to 2015. 

Shruti holds a MS degree in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University, a BS in Chemical Engineering and completed the Global Marketing Management Program at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. 

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Tony Thene, Director, Nominating and Governance Committee Chair - President and CEO, Carpenter Technology Corporation

Tony Thene sits on Mativ’s Board of Directors and serves as its Nominating and Government Committee Chair. He is also the President and Chief Executive Officer of Carpenter Technology Corporation, a leader in specialty alloy-based materials and process solutions. He began his career at Carpenter as Chief Financial Officer in 2013 and is also a member of its Board of Directors. 

Prior to joining Carpenter, Tony served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Engineered Products and Solutions Business Group at Alcoa, Inc. from 2010 until 2013. Previously, he served as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Alcoa. In his 23-year career at Alcoa, he held a variety of positions, including Director, Investor Relations, Chief Financial Officer for the Flat Rolled Products Group, Chief Financial Officer for Alcoa World Alumina and Chemical and manufacturing manager for the Alumina Chemicals business. 

Tony earned his BA in Accounting from Indiana State University and his MBA from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. 

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Andy Warlick, Director, Compensation Committee Chair - Current Chair & Chief Executive Officer, Parkdale, Inc.

Andy Warlick currently sits on Mativ’s Board of Directors as its Compensation Committee Chair and has served as a Director on the former SWM International Board of Directors since 2009. He is currently Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Parkdale Inc., a privately held textile and consumer products company that utilizes domestic and foreign manufacturing sites to produce and compete world-wide in primarily commodity product lines. 

He joined Parkdale Mills in 1984 and became President and Chief Executive Officer in 2001. Parkdale is the world’s largest independent producer of cotton and cotton-blend yarns and cotton consumer products for the health and beauty industry and owner of the U.S. Cotton brand. Andy is also part owner of the NBA basketball team, the Charlotte Hornets and currently serves on the boards of Parkdale Inc., Kent Manufacturing, Inman Mills and the North Carolina Textile Foundation. 

Andy is considered one of the most innovative leaders in the textile industry, particularly regarding sustainability and environmental responsibility, including Parkdale’s patent-pending process that allows polyester and other synthetic materials to biodegrade like natural materials, resulting in less oceanic pollution.

Andy graduated from The Citadel in 1979.

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PHONE: 770-569-4229
investors@mativ.com

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