Effective July 11, 2022, Novanta Inc. appointed Michele D. Welsh as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. In this role, Ms. Welsh will lead the Company's global legal, regulatory, corporate secretary, and environmental health & safety organizations. She brings to the Company more than 20 years of experience working with global, public companies across multiple industries.

From 2018 until joining the Company, Ms. Welsh was with Carlisle Companies Incorporated, most recently serving as Carlisle's Vice President, Assistant General Counsel & Legal Compliance. From 2007 through 2018, Ms. Welsh served in a variety of increasingly senior legal roles at Aon plc. Prior to Aon, she practiced law within the corporate and securities practice groups of Thompson Coburn LLP and Neal, Gerber and Eisenberg LLP.

Ms. Welsh holds a B.S.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D. from Boston College Law School.