Board of Directors

Kelly D. Rainko has served as a Director of Weber since December 2010 and, since July 2021, has served as Non-Executive Chair of the Board for Weber, Inc. Ms. Rainko currently serves as a Partner and member of the Executive Committee of BDT & Company, which she joined at its founding in May 2009. Ms. Rainko previously served as a Vice President of Goldman Sachs from 2007 to 2009 in the closely held effort within the Investment Banking Division. Ms. Rainko also serves as a Director of Peet’s Coffee and a Director of Caribou Coffee. In addition, she is a board member of SAFE Project. Ms. Rainko formerly served as a board observer of KIND Healthy Snacks and an Advisory Director of Cox Automotive. Ms. Rainko received a BBA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Susan T. Congalton has served as a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Weber since January 2016. Ms. Congalton most recently served as Chairman and CEO of California Amforge Corporation, a metal forging company principally serving the commercial and military aerospae industries, since 2002. Prior to that, she engaged in business consulting and private investments; served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Law, CFO and General Counsel of Carson Pirie Scott & Company in Chicago, lL, and was a Partner in the New York law firm of Reavis & McGrath, where she specialized in corporate and venture capital transactions. Ms. Congalton previously served as a Director of BMO-Harris Financial Corp., where she chaired the Audit and Governance Committees, and as a Director of Pulitzer lnc. Ms. Congalton received a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center, and a B.A. from Loretto Heights College.

Elliott Hill has served as a Director of Weber since August 2020. Mr. Hill currently serves as an Advisor to BDT Capital Partners and as a Director of Rather Outdoors and Tecovas, Inc. Mr. Hill previously worked at Nike from 1988 to 2020, most recently as President of Consumer & Marketplace from March 2018 to August 2020. Other roles during Mr. Hill’s time at Nike consist of leadership positions in Sales and Retail including Apparel Sales Director in Europe, Retail Development Director for EMEA, Vice President of Sales and Retail in EMEA;,Vice President and General Manager of US Retail, Vice President of US Sales for Retail and Nike.com, Corporate Vice President of Global Retail, and President of Nike North America. Mr. Hill received a BS in Kinesiology from Texas Christian University in 1986, and a Master’s Degree in Sports Administration from Ohio University in 1988.

Martin McCourt has served as a Director of Weber since January 2019. From 1996 to 2012, Mr. McCourt served as Director and as Chief Executive Officer of Dyson where he transformed the company from single product, single market producer into a global appliance leader. Mr. McCourt also serves as a BDT Operating Partner. Mr. McCourt previously held leadership positions at Mars, Duracell, Toshiba and Pelikan. Mr. McCourt currently serves as Chairman of COMPO, a leading European producer and distributor of gardening soil, fertiliser, lawn seed and products for plant protection; Chairman of Simon Technologies, a subsidiary of Pure Electric; Director of Tharsus; Chairman of Free Flow Technologies; and Chairman of Lightfoot. Mr. McCourt has served on the Boards of other companies and organizations in the past, including as Chairman, at companies such as Learning Curve Group, Headbox, Your Life, Glen Dimplex, Dudson, Venture Founders, CAP, CliniSys Group, Dutch Ophthalmic Research Centre and Equatex.

Melinda R. Rich has served as Director of Weber since July 2021. Ms. Rich currently serves as Vice Chairman of Rich Products Corporation, and sits on the company’s Board of Directors, including as Chairperson for the Finance and Audit Committee and Compensation and Organization Committee. Ms. Rich is Executive Vice Chairman of Rich Entertainment Group. She joined Rich Products Corporation in 1985 and worked in various roles as part of the leadership team including President, Rich Entertainment Group and Executive Vice President of Innovation. Ms. Rich serves as a Director of M&T Bank, including as a member of their Nomination, Compensation and Governance Committee; she is a Partner in Grove Entertainment, an Advisor to BDT Capital Partners, a member of the Cleveland Clinic Board of Trustees and serves on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum Board of Trustees, including as a member of their Executive Committee and Co-Chair of the Marketing Committee.

James C. Stephen has served as Executive Chairman of Weber since 2013 and, since July 2021, has served as Director for Weber. Mr. Stephen is currently a Director of Bemis Manufacturing Company, a Director of Cornerstone National Bank, and a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Chicago Hospitals. Mr. Stephen served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Weber, Inc. from 1992-2013.

Magesvaran Suranjan has served as Director of Weber since July 2021. Mr. Suranjan currently serves as President, Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa of Procter & Gamble. Mr. Suranjan joined Procter & Gamble in 1994 and has worked in various roles as part of the leadership team, including President, Asia Pacific Selling & Market Operations and Vice President, Asia Home Care, Personal Power, and Australasia, Japan and Korea Oral Care. Mr. Suranjan serves as a Director of the US, India Business Council, a Director of the Singapore Economic Development Board, including as a member of its Finance Committee, a Member of the Advisory Board of the Lee Kong Chan School of Business at Singapore Management University and as a Member of the Advisory Board for the Center of Emerging Markets at Northwestern University. Mr. Suranjan received a B. S. with Honors in Accounting from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1989, and an M.B.A. in Finance & Marketing from the University of Chicago in 1994.

Chris M. Scherzinger has served as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Weber since April 2018. Mr. Scherzinger held a variety of executive leadership roles at Jarden Corporation and its 2016 acquisitor Newell Brands from 2008 to 2018, including President and CEO of the Appliances & Cookware operating company in Newell Brands, and President and CEO of Jarden Branded Consumables in Jarden Corporation. In addition, Mr. Scherzinger has a rich background in global marketing leadership and brand management with world-class companies like Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson, as well as in manufacturing operations management with General Electric. Mr. Scherzinger graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.