Christopher L. Mapes

Mr. Mapes is Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company’s executive management team. He was appointed Chairman in December 2013, President and Chief Executive Officer in December 2012, and served as the Chief Operating Officer in 2011. He is also on the Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc. Board, having been elected a Director in 2010 while he was Executive Vice President of A. O. Smith Corporation and President of its Electrical Products unit. Prior to his career at A.O. Smith, Mr. Mapes was President of Motor Sales, and Marketing of Regal Beloit Corporation and also served as President of the Global OEM Business Group of Superior Essex, Inc. Mr. Mapes is a graduate of Ball State University (BS 1985), University of Toledo (JD 1988) and Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (MBA 1998).