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WW Grainger, a broad-line distributor of maintenance, repair, and operating products, appointed Christopher J. Klein to its board in December 2023. Klein serves on the boards of Vontier Corp. and Thor Industries, where he chairs the environmental, social, governance, and nominating commmittee. Klein recently served as executive chair of the board and CEO of Fortune Brands Home and Security, a developer of home and security consumer products that is a spinoff of Fortune Brands. Klein was previously executive vice president at Bank One Corp. Moreover, Klein was a partner in McKinsey & Co.’s Financial Institutions Group...
Note: These new full-board members joined NACD between Dec. 1, 2023, and March 20, 2024.
Heather Kierzek is assistant editor of Directorship magazine.
This article is from the Spring 2024 issue of Directorship.
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