Timothy L. Christen

Timothy L. Christen became the non-executive Chair of MEC’s board of directors in July 2022 and has been a member of MEC’s board since June 2016. He is also Chairman – Emeritus of Baker Tilly US, LLP, a national public accounting firm, where he served as a partner from 1990 to 2016, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to 2016. Mr. Christen also served as the non-executive Chairman of Baker Tilly International Ltd., a top ten global accounting network with $4B revenue and 36,000 team members in 146 countries, from 2017 to 2021.

Since November 2021, Mr. Christen has served as a board member for Expensify (NASDAQ: EXFY), a cloud-based expense management software platform that helps businesses simplify the way they manage money. He also serves as a director of Sub-Zero Wolf Appliance Group, a privately owned manufacturer and distributor of category leading premium refrigeration, cooking and dishwashing appliances, since 2020.

Mr. Christen is also a Board trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF), a not-for-profit parent organization of the FASB and the GASB which establish Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in the United States.

He has been a member of the board of directors of CPA.com, a CPA firm solutions and strategies provider, since 2018. Mr. Christen also served as director of the American Institute of CPAs from 2014 to 2017, serving as Chairman from 2015 to 2016. Mr. Christen earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.