Belden Incorporated is an American manufacturer of networking, connectivity, and cable products.

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Brian Anderson is the SVP, Legal, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at [Belden](/org/belden). Brian was previously with Lewis, Rice & Fingersh from August 2001 to May 2008, where they served as an Associate focused on General Corporate and Banking Law.

Brian Anderson attended Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, where they obtained their Juris Doctorate. Prior to that, they obtained their Master of Business Administration from [Eastern Illinois University](/org/eastern-illinois-university). Brian also holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from [Eastern Illinois University](/org/eastern-illinois-university).

Some of their coworkers include Doug Zink - VP & Chief Accounting Officer, Anshu Mehrotra - EVP, Broadband & 5G, and Hiran Bhadra - SVP, Strategy. Brian Anderson reports to Roel Vestjens, President & CEO.

Brian Anderson

Ashish Chand is currently the EVP of Industrial Automation at [Belden](/org/belden). Prior to this, they were with Sterlite Optical Technologies Ltd from February 2001 to October 2002 where they were the Manager of International Sales & Business Development. Before that, they were with Bharat Petroleum Corpn Ltd from March 1999 to February 2001 as part of the Retail Strategy Team.

Ashish Chand has a Doctor of Business Administration from [City University of Hong Kong](/org/city-university-of-hong-kong), an MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur, and a Master of Business Administration in Finance & Strategy from XLRI Jamshedpur.

Ashish Chand works with Hiran Bhadra - SVP, Strategy, Anshu Mehrotra - EVP, Broadband & 5G, and Jay Wirts - President, Smart Buildings. Their manager is Roel Vestjens, President & CEO.

Ashish Chand

Jay Wirts is the current President of Smart Buildings at [Belden](/org/belden). Prior to this, they served as Vice President and General Manager of Information Technology Management Products at [Vertiv](/org/vertiv-inc) from December 2016 to June 2018. Jay has also held the position of Vice President and General Manager of Information Technology Management Products at Emerson from July 2002 to December 2016, and Captain at the United States Marine Corps from January 1994 to June 2000.

Jay Wirts has a Master of Business Administration from [Northwestern University](/org/northwestern-university)'s Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Arts in Jay'story from [Colgate University](/org/colgate-university).

Jay Wirts reports to Roel Vestjens, President & CEO. Jay Wirts works with Doug Zink - VP & Chief Accounting Officer, Ashish Chand - EVP, Industrial Automation, and Jeremy Parks - SVP, Finance & CFO.

Jay Wirts

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Gregory J. McCray has been a director of the Company since February 2022 and is a member of the Finance Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. McCray brings over 30 years of experience in the communications technology industry, and currently serves as CEO of FDH Infrastructure Services LLC. His previous experience includes CEO roles at Access/Google Fiber, Aero Communications, Inc., Antenova Limited, and PipingHot Networks. He held previous managerial and engineering roles at Lucent Technologies, AT&T, Bell Laboratories, and IBM. Mr. McCray also serves on the Board of Directors of Adtran Inc. and Digital Bridge Group.

Mr. McCray received a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University of Science and Technology and a M.S. degree in Systems Engineering from Purdue University.

Gregory J. McCray

Hiran Bhadra

Mr. Vestjens joined [Belden](/org/belden) in 2006 as Director of Marketing for the EMEA region. Since then he held roles of increasing responsibility in Sales and Marketing, Operations, and General Management of [Belden](/org/belden)’s business units in North America, EMEA, and APAC, where he resided in all those regions. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President, Industrial Solutions since February 2018, and Executive Vice President, Industrial Solutions and Broadcast IT Solutions from January 2017 to February 2018. Mr. Vestjens joined [Belden](/org/belden) from Royal Philips Electronics where he held various European sales and marketing positions. Mr. Vestjens holds a bachelor degree in Electronic Engineering and a Master of Science and Management degree from Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands.

Roel Vestjens

Anshu Mehrotra

Jeremy Parks

Calderon retired from [KPMG](/org/kpmg) LLP in September 2019 after a distinguished 33-year career. Most recently, Ms. Calderon served as [KPMG](/org/kpmg)'s Global Lead Partner for a Fortune 50 Technology company since July 2012, senior partner of [KPMG](/org/kpmg)'s Board Leadership Center since its inception in 2015, and as a director of [KPMG](/org/kpmg)'s Global Delivery Center in India and its related holding companies since September 2011. Previously, she was [KPMG](/org/kpmg)'s Americas Chief Administrative Officer and U.S. National Partner in Charge, Operations, from July 2008 to June 2012. Ms. Calderon sat on a number of [KPMG](/org/kpmg) committees, including the Americas Region Management Committee, Enterprise Risk Management, Privacy, Pension Steering and Investment, Social Media, and Knowledge Management.

John Stroup, Executive Chairman of [Belden](/org/belden), said, “We are delighted to welcome Nancy Calderon to [Belden](/org/belden)’s Board 

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