The Invacare Board provides tenured leadership, insights and guidance to help steer Invacare to even greater heights on the basis of the Company's solid market position.
Mr. Purtill has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since November 2022. Prior to that, Mr. Purtill served as interim President and CEO since August 2022. Previously, he served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company's European and Asia Pacific businesses since November 2021 and as Head of Global Strategy since September 2021. Previously, Mr. Purtill served as Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific since joining the Company in 2010.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Purtill held various leadership roles in sales, category management and supply chain at Johnson & Johnson and Nestle. He was in the Australian Army for 14 years, where he started as an Electronics Technician and left as a Captain in the Intelligence Corps.
Mr. Purtill holds an MBA (Exec) from the Australian Graduated School of Management.
Mr. Brill has more than 25 years of experience in capital markets, corporate finance, investment banking and business operations. He has served as the President and Chief Investment Officer of Seventh Avenue Investments (SAI) since August 2017. SAI is the private equity arm of a single-family office in New York City with a multibillion-dollar asset portfolio.
At SAI, Sam is focused on direct investing in special situations through debt and equity securities in a wide range of private companies. In many of SAI’s investments, he has played a critical role in helping management with strategic decisions, including mergers, acquisitions, corporate reorganization, and financial planning. Mr. Brill has served on numerous public and private boards and committees. Most recently, since May 2023, he has served as the Lead Independent Director and Chair of Compensation and Governance Committee of Ascend Wellness Holdings (AAWH).
Since August 2021, he has served on the Investment Committee of NewLake Capital Partners (NLCP), a publicly traded REIT. From May 2021 to June 2022, Mr. Brill served as an independent Director of Slang Worldwide (SLNG), including Chair of the Governance committee and a member of the Audit and Compensation committees. Before joining SAI, Brill was the Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager of Weismann Capital, a single-family office in Stamford, CT. Prior to joining Weismann in November 2003, Brill was the Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Amedia Networks (formerly TTR Technologies), a publicly traded technology company. Prior to joining Amedia, Brill was a senior financial analyst at JDS Capital Management.”
Committee:
Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee
Audit Commitee - Chair
Mr. Edgar has served as President & Chief Executive Officer of A.M. Castle & Co. (“Castle”), a leading provider of metals, services, and supply chain solutions with more than 20 locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia, since 2020. He previously held positions of increasing responsibility at Castle covering all aspects of its business, including Vice-President, General Counsel & Secretary (2014-2015), Executive Vice-President, General Counsel, Secretary, & Chief Administrative Officer (2015-2018), and President (2018-2020).
Between 2004 and 2014, Mr. Edgar held positions of increasing responsibility in the legal department of Gardner Denver, Inc., a global manufacturer of industrial pumps, compressors and blowers, culminating as the Assistant General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer. During his tenure at Gardner Denver Inc., the company was publicly traded on the NYSE and privately owned by private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
Committee: Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee
Mr. Han is Managing Director of GLC Advisors & Co., LLC (“GLC”), an independent financial advisory firm which he co-founded in 2009.
Prior to co-founding GLC, Mr. Han was a Principal at GLC Investment Advisors where he primarily focused on distressed investing. Mr. Han was also an Executive Director in UBS’ Restructuring and Leveraged Finance Groups. Prior to joining UBS, Mr. Han was the Steel Division Manager for Hyundai Corp. (USA).
Mr. Han holds an MBA from Northwestern University and a BA degree from Rutgers University. He successfully completed the following FINRA Administered Qualification Examination: Series 7, 24, 63. Mr. Han currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Saddle River Day School.
Committee: Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee
Mr. Donath is President and Managing Member of Magnolia Road Advisors LLC, where he provides corporate director services to companies in various stages of financial and operational restructuring.
His recent corporate director roles include: Resolute Investment Managers, Belk, Keter Group Holdings, Venator Materials PLC, Vice Media, Pomeroy Technologies, Railsr, Nordic Aviation Capital. In addition to the foregoing, Mr. Donath has served as Chairman of Greenscape Financial Group, a company focused on financing of environmental credits that he co-founded, since August 2022.
From October 2019 to May 2020, Mr. Donath served as a senior advisor to AON PLC in their development of a lending platform to early-stage companies. Previously, Mr. Donath was the Managing Partner of Magnolia Road Capital LP, an investment firm he founded in 2012 that focused on event-driven corporate credit opportunities. He was also a Managing Director at Davidson Kempner Capital Management, a NY-based hedge fund.
Mr. Donath started his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the investment banking division. Mr. Donath holds a BA in Economics from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Committee:
Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee
Audit Commitee
Mr. Hawks was a Founding Partner of Brigade Capital Management, a multi-billion dollar asset management firm, from its inception in 2007 until his retirement from the company in December 2019. At Brigade, Mr. Hawks was the Head of Special Situations, sat on the firm’s Investment Committee and helped oversee many of Brigade’s restructured equities as a Board member or Board advisor.
Prior to Brigade, Mr. Hawks was a Managing Director at Mackay Shields in its High Yield Group. Since his time with Brigade, Mr. Hawks has sat on the boards of numerous companies following their restructurings including Cenveo Worldwide and Extraction Oil and Gas. Mr. Hawks is currently the Chairman of the Board of Cornerstone Chemical Company and also a Director of Ferrellgas Partners, LP. Mr. Hawks also serves as Treasurer and a board member of the Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation and is on the Advisory Board to the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce with Distinction.
Committee:
Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee
Audit Commitee
Corporate Governance Based on new best practices and input from shareholders, Invacare continues to make enhancements to corporate governance.
Environmental, Social & Governance A movement towards sustainability is taking shape. It is evident globally in the manufacturing facilities and offices.
Financial Information Invacare's steadfast commitment to improving lives is reflected in its financial gains and updated resources.
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