Mayville Engineering Company, Inc. announced the appointment of Jagadeesh (Jag) A. Reddy as President and as a director of the Company, effective July 19, 2022. The Company also appointed Timothy L. Christen to the role of non-executive Chair of the Board, effective July 19, 2022. Mr. Christen (bio) has been a member of the MEC Board of Directors since June 2016 and currently serves on the Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.

Since 2018, Mr. Reddy was a member of the senior leadership team at W.R. Grace, most recently serving as the head of its Strategy and Growth function, as well as the Managing Director of its Advanced Refining Technologies hydroprocessing joint venture with Chevron. Before joining W.R. Grace, Mr. Reddy served as Vice President and General Manager, Water Technologies Strategic Business Unit, and Vice President, Corporate Strategy at Pentair PLC. Previously, Mr. Reddy held leadership roles of increasing responsibility at ITT Corporation and its spin-off, Xylem Inc. Mr. Reddy also held product management and Mergers & Acquisitions roles at Danaher Corporation and United Technologies.

He started his career in manufacturing operations at Denso Corporation. Mr. Reddy earned an MBA in finance and strategy from the Kellogg School of Management and a Master's in engineering management from the McCormick School of Engineering, both at Northwestern University. He also holds a Master's in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee and a Bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Sri Venkateswara University in India.

To facilitate a smooth leadership transition, retired Chairman, President and CEO, Bob Kamphuis, will remain in a consultative capacity through September 30, 2022.