James F. Gentilcore

Board Member at Entegris

Mr. Gentilcore is a technology executive with vast experience leading global companies as both an executive and a director. Until December 2018, he served as the executive chairman of the board of directors of PQ Corporation, a performance chemicals and services company, having served as a member of its board of directors since 2016. Previously, he served as president and chief executive officer of PQ Corporation from July 2016 until August 2018. Mr. Gentilcore served as an executive advisor to CCMP Capital, a global private equity firm, from April 2014 to June 2016.

Prior to this, Mr. Gentilcore’s wide range of senior leadership experience included serving as the chief executive officer and a director of Edwards Group Limited, a global industrial technology company, as the president, chief executive officer and a director of EPAC Technologies Inc., a logistics technology solutions company, as chief operating officer of Brooks Automation Inc., a provider of life sciences and semiconductor manufacturing automation solutions, and as chief executive officer of Helix Technology Corp., a provider of vacuum technology used in the manufacture of semiconductors, leading the merger between Brooks and Helix. Prior to that, he was the chief operating officer of Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. Earlier in his career, he spent 10 years in the electronics materials industry with Air Products Inc., serving in various business development and operational roles.

Mr. Gentilcore also served as a director for Milacron Holdings Corporation from 2014 to 2019 and KMG Chemicals Inc. from 2014 to 2019.

He holds a B.Sc. from Drexel University and an MBA from Lehigh University.

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