B. John Lindeman

B. John Lindeman has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: HYFM) a leading independent distributor and manufacturer of hydroponics equipment and supplies for controlled environment agriculture since March 2020. From August 2015 until assuming his current role at Hydrofarm Holdings in March 2020, Mr. Lindeman served as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Calavo Growers, Inc. (Nasdaq-GS: CVGW), a global avocado-industry leader and expanding provider of valued-added fresh food, where he was responsible for the finance, accounting, IT and human resource functions. Prior to joining Calavo, Mr. Lindeman held various leadership positions within the finance and investment banking industries, including serving as managing director at Sageworth Trust Company, a provider of investment management, fiduciary and planning services to highly successful individuals and families, from March 2015 to July 2015, managing director and co-head of the consumer and retail group at Janney Montgomery Scott, a financial advisory firm, from August 2009 to March 2015, managing director at Stifel Nicolaus, a full service brokerage and investment banking firm, from December 2005 to August 2009, and principal at Legg Mason, a global asset management leader, from October 1999 to December 2005. Prior to joining Legg Mason, Mr. Lindeman was a Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from August 1996 to October 1999. Mr. Lindeman is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Mary Washington. The Company believes that Mr. Lindeman’s twenty-five years of executive leadership experience, including substantial leadership and finance, accounting and executive experience at public companies qualifies him to serve as a director of the Company.