VINCENT K. PETRELLA

Lead Independent Director, Sotera Health; Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
VINCENT K. PETRELLA
Lead Independent Director, Sotera Health; Former Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

Vincent K. Petrella has served as a member of our board since November 2020 and was elected Lead Independent Director in January 2025. Mr. Petrella served as the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. (“Lincoln Electric”), a welding, cutting and brazing products manufacturer, from January 2004 to April 2020. Prior to that, he served as Vice President, Corporate Controller from 1997 to 2003 and Internal Audit Manager from 1995 to 1997. Before Lincoln Electric, Mr. Petrella was an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Petrella serves on the board of directors of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: AIT) and The Gorman-Rupp Company (NYSE: GRC). Mr. Petrella holds a B.A. in business administration (accounting) from Baldwin Wallace University and is a Certified Public Accountant in Ohio (inactive). Mr. Petrella was selected to serve on our Board because of his significant global finance, accounting and international business development experience, his expertise with respect to audit committees and his wide-ranging experience as a director.