MICHAEL B. PETRAS, JR.
Michael B. Petras, Jr. has served as Executive Chairman of our board since May 2026. Previously, Mr. Petras was Chief Executive Officer since June 2016, the Chairman of our board since October 2020 and a member of our board since June 2016. Prior to joining Sotera Health, Mr. Petras served as chief executive officer of Post-Acute Solutions at Cardinal Health, Inc., a multinational healthcare services company, from 2015 to 2016 and chief executive officer of Cardinal Health at-Home at Cardinal Health, Inc. from 2013 to 2015. From 2011 to 2013, he was the chief executive officer for AssuraMed Holdings, Inc., a medical products supplier owned by the Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and Goldman Sachs private equity firms, which was sold to Cardinal Health, Inc. in 2013. From 2008 to 2011, Mr. Petras was president and chief executive officer at GE Lighting, a General Electric Company (“GE”) business unit. During his over 20-year career at GE, he held several management positions in multiple disciplines. Mr. Petras was named to the board of directors of the Cleveland Clinic in 2016 and elected Vice Chair of that board in 2020. He also serves on the board of directors of John Carroll University. Mr. Petras holds a B.S.B.A. in finance from John Carroll University and an M.B.A. in marketing from Case Western Reserve University. He was selected to serve on our board of directors because of his perspective as our Chief Executive Officer as well as his extensive commercial, financial and general management experience across many global industries.