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Charles H. Cannon JR
Chief Executive Officer, President & Chairman
Charles Cannon
CHARLES H. CANNON, JR. has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and President since April 25, 2008. Mr. Cannon served as Senior Vice President of FMC Technologies from February 2001 to April 2008. From 1998, Mr. Cannon served as Vice President and Manager for FMC FoodTech and for Airport Equipment and Services business segments.

Mr. Cannon joined FMC Corporation in 1982 as a Senior Business Planner in the Corporate Development Department. He became Division Manager of FMC Corporation's Citrus Machinery Division in 1989, Division Manager of its Food Processing Systems Division in 1992 and Vice President and General Manager of FMC FoodTech in 1994. Mr. Cannon serves on the Board of Standex International Corporation.



Torbjörn Arvidsson
Vice President and Division Manager—Food Solutions and Services
Torbjörn Arvidsson
TORBJÖRN ARVIDSSON has served as Vice President and Division Manager—Food Solutions and Services since 2008. Mr. Arvidsson served as a Division Manager for FMC Technologies' Food Solutions and Services since October 2005.

Mr. Arvidsson rejoined Frigoscandia Equipment in 1994 as Business Development Manager, a role he continued in after the acquisition of Frigoscandia Equipment by FMC FoodTech in 1996. In 1998, Mr. Arvidsson was appointed General Manager North America, located in Seattle, Washington, a position he held until late 2000 when he was appointed General Manager Europe and relocated back to Helsingborg, Sweden. In 2001, Mr. Arvidsson also assumed responsibility for FMC FoodTech's Asia Pacific region.

Mr. Arvidsson has been involved in the international food equipment industry his whole career, dating back to 1975 when he first joined Frigoscandia Equipment after graduating from Lund University, Sweden. In 1983 he graduated from IMI, Geneva (Advanced Management MBA). In 1984, Mr. Arvidsson served as General Manager for Square AB within the Alfa-Laval Group until 1987, when he joined Akerlund & Rausing as Division Manager for its overseas companies. In 1990, Mr. Arvidsson rejoined Alfa-Laval as Deputy General Manager for its convenience food division. Alfa-Laval later became Tetra-LaVal after Tetra-Pak's acquisition of Alfa-Laval.



John Lee
Vice President and Division Manager of JBT AeroTech
John Lee
JOHN LEE was appointed as the Vice President and Division Manager of JBT AeroTech in August, 2008,based in Orlando, Florida.

Prior to joining JBT, he served as the President of Carrier Refrigeration, North America, a unit of United Technologies Corporation. During his fifteen years at United Technologies, Mr. Lee served in a variety of leadership roles within its Carrier, Pratt & Whitney and Sikorsky Aircraft business units, including over 10 years of experience in Asia heading progressively larger operations in Singapore, Korea and China. Prior to joining United Technologies, Mr. Lee held various marketing, sales and strategic planning positions in the aerospace industry with Northrop and McDonnell Douglas Corporations.

Mr Lee is a 1980 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point and served five years as an officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of Captain. In addition, Mr. Lee was a Sloan Fellow receiving an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.



Ronald D. Mambu
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller
Ronald Mambu
RONALD D. MAMBU has served as our Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller since April 25, 2008. Since 2001, Mr. Mambu served as Vice President and Controller of FMC Technologies. Mr. Mambu was Director of Financial Planning of FMC Corporation from 1994 until his appointment as Controller.

Mr. Mambu joined FMC Corporation in 1974 as a financial manager in Philadelphia. Since then, he has served in a variety of roles at FMC Corporation, including Controller of its former Food and Pharmaceutical Products Division from 1977 to 1982, Controller of Machinery Europe Division from 1982 to 1984, Controller of Agricultural Products Group from 1984 to 1987, Director of Financial Control from 1987 to 1993 and Director of Strategic Planning from 1993 to 1994.



Juan C. Podestá
Vice President, Corporate Planning and Development
Juan Podestá
JUAN C. PODESTÁ has served as our Vice President, Corporate Planning and Development since October, 2011.

Mr. Podestá joined FMC Corporation in 1989 as Product Manager, Citrus Systems in Lakeland, Florida. Since then, he has served in a variety of sales, marketing, and line management roles within FMC FoodTech, including International Manager for the Citrus Machinery Division from 1990 to 1992, General Manager; Fruit & Vegetable Processing based in Parma, Italy from 1992 to 1994; General Manager, Canning Systems based in St. Niklaas, Belgium from 1995 to 1996; Division Manager, Food Processing Systems & Agricultural Machinery from 1997 to 1999; President FMC Europe, based in Brussels, Belgium from 2000 to 2002; and Division Manager, Food Processing Systems Division from 2000 to 2011.

Mr. Podestá served as Vice Chairman of Food Processing Machinery Europe, in the Board of The Council of the Americas, and in the Board of Equipment Hygiene Engineering Design Group.



Kenneth C. Dunn
Vice President and General Counsel
Kenneth Dunn
KENNETH C. DUNN was named Vice President and General Counsel, October 1st, 2008.

Mr. Dunn has considerable experience in working closely with executive management teams and in leading both business and legal related duties. He recently served as Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer for Denver, Colorado-based Qwest Communications International Inc. Previously he held Deputy General Counsel and Assistant General Counsel roles at Qwest, SBC Communications and Ameritech Corporation. He began his legal career working for the Chicago-based law firm of Gardner, Carton & Douglas.

Mr. Dunn holds an A.B. degree from Duke University and a J.D from Stanford Law School.



Mark Montague
Vice President of Human Resources
Mark Montague
MARK MONTAGUE was appointed Vice President of Human Resources August 4th, 2008. Mr. Montague joined the company from Molex, Inc. where he most recently served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Human Resources.

At Molex, Mr. Montague worked closely with the CEO and the Board of Directors, leading the HR function during a period of tremendous growth. Prior to that, Mark spent most of his career with Whirlpool, beginning as a labor relations attorney. He then progressed through various human resource positions, supporting business unit heads on domestic and global issues. He left Whirlpool for four years to work for the consulting group Competitive Human Resource Strategies, Inc., a firm advising Fortune 500 companies on a variety of organizational change initiatives. He began his career as an attorney with the Kansas City law firm, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, P.C.

Mark holds a B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame and a J.D. from George Washington University.



Steve R. Smith
Vice President and Division Manager — Food Processing Systems
Steve Smith
STEVE SMITH has served as our Vice President and Division Manager — Food Processing Systems since October, 2011.

Mr. Smith joined FMC Corporation in 1989 as a Business Planner with FMC's Petroleum Equipment Group in Houston, Texas. Since then, he has served in a variety of sales, marketing, and line management roles within FMC Corporation, FMC Technologies, Inc., JBT's previous parent companies, as well as with JBT FoodTech, including most recently serving as the General Manager for the America's Operations of FoodTech's Food Solutions and Services Division since 2003.

Mr. Smith holds a B.S. in Engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.



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