Edward L. Monser

Edward L. Monser serves on the board of directors for Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD) since 2013, where he is the Lead Director and a member of the Governance and the Management Development and Compensation Committees, and formerly served as a director and member of the Audit and Compensation Committees for Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP), serving on the board from 2018 until his retirement in April 2022. From 2010 to 2018, Mr. Monser served as president of Emerson (NYSE: EMR), where he had more than 30 years of experience in senior operational positions and played a key role in its globalization. From 2001 to 2015, he was a member of Emerson’s Office of the Chief Executive and served as its chief operating officer. Mr. Monser is active in promoting international understanding and trade and is vice chairman of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum. He has served on the advisory Economic Development Board for China’s Guangdong Province, the board of advisors for South Ural State University in Chelyabinsk, Russia, and the board of the U.S.-China Business Council, where he was also vice chairman. Mr. Monser received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1980 and has a bachelor’s degree in education from Eastern Michigan University. He is an alumnus of the executive education program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Monser was selected to serve on the board due to his extensive experience in key management positions, including at Emerson when Vertiv was part of that company.