Corporate Governance

Mr. Allender was elected to the Board of Directors in 2007. He serves as the Chair of the Finance Committee and as a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance Committees. He served as Executive Vice President and CFO of Danaher Corporation from 1998 to 2005 and Executive Vice President from 2005 to 2007. Additionally, he served as a public accountant at Arthur Andersen LLC from 1968 to 1985. He has served as a director of Colfax Corporation since 2008 and Diebold, Inc. since May 2011. Mr. Allender's strong background in finance and accounting, as well as his past experience as the CFO of a public company, provides the Board with financial expertise and insight.

Mr. Balkema was elected to the Board of Directors in 2010 and serves on the Compensation and Technology & Safety Committees.  From 2000 to 2011, he served as the President of Bayer Healthcare LLC and Worldwide Consumer Care Division, which has four billion dollars in sales and over 5,400 employees. He was also responsible for overseeing Bayer LLC USA's compliance program. He has over 20 years of general management experience. Mr. Balkema brings strong experience in consumer marketing skills and mergers and acquisitions and integrations. His broad operating and functional experience are valuable to the Company given the diverse nature of the Company's portfolio.

Mr. Galbato was elected to the Board of Directors in 2006 and is currently Brady's Lead Director.  He also serves as chairman of the Compensation Committee and is a member of the Audit and Technology & Safety Committees. He has extensive executive leadership experience including his current role as CEO of Cerberus Operations and Advisory Company, LLC.  Mr. Galbato formerly was President and CEO of the Controls division of Invensys plc. Prior to that, Mr. Galbato held positions as President of Services at The Home Depot, President and CEO of Armstrong Floor Products, CEO of Choice Parts LLC, and CEO of Coregis Insurance Company, a GE Capital company. Mr. Galbato is Chairman of the Board of Blue Bird Corporation and North American Bus Industries, Inc., Guilford Mills, Inc., and NewPage Corporation and is a member of the Board of Tower International, Inc. His public company leadership experience gives him insight into business strategy, leadership and executive compensation and his public company and private equity experience give him insight into technology trends, acquisition strategy and financing, each of which represents an area of key strategic opportunity for the Company.

Mr. Goodkind was elected to the Board of Directors in 2007. He currently serves as Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of the Finance and Audit Committees. He previously served as Secretary of the Company from 1999 to 2007. Mr. Goodkind was a partner in the law firm of Quarles & Brady, LLP, where his practice concentrated in corporate and securities law from 1979 to 2009. Prior to 1979, Mr. Goodkind served as Wisconsin's Deputy Commissioner of Securities. He also previously served as a director of Cade Industries, Inc. and Able Distributing, Inc. His extensive experience in advising companies on a broad range of transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings, and historical knowledge of the Company provides the Board with expertise and insight into governance, business and compliance issues that the Company encounters.

Dr. Harris was elected to the Board of Directors in 1991. He serves as the Chair of the Technology & Safety Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee. He served as the Distinguished Professor of Polymer Science and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Akron from 1983 to 2008 and Professor of Chemistry at Wright State University from 1970 to 1983. He is the founder of several technology based companies including Akron Polymer Systems where he serves as President and CEO. Dr. Harris is the inventor of several commercialized products including an optical film that realized over one billion dollars in sales. His extensive experience in technology and engineering solutions provides the Board with important expertise in new product development.

Frank joined Brady in 1995 as finance director for the Identification Solutions and Specialty Tapes (ISST) group and was elected the company's chief financial officer one year later. From January 2002 until March 2003 he served as senior vice president of Brady Corporation and president of the ISST group, responsible for strategy and international growth of Brady's industrial identification, coated products and precision die-cut businesses. Prior to joining Brady, Frank served in various financial positions in Germany and the United States for Robert Bosch GmbH, an international manufacturer of automotive, communications, industrial and consumer products, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. He joined Bosch in 1983 and held positions including assistant to the chairman and CEO of Robert Bosch Corporation-U.S., Broadview, Ill; controller and treasurer of Robert Bosch Power Tool Corp., New Bern, N.C.; vice president of S-B Power Tool Company, Chicago, Ill., then a joint venture of Bosch and Emerson Electric Co. Most recently at Bosch, Frank worked closely with senior executives on projects worldwide, including establishing joint ventures in Korea and China. Frank holds a master of business administration degree from the University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany. He currently sits on the Board of Regents of the Milwaukee School of Engineering;the Board of Trustees of the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI; and the Business Advisory Council of the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Dr.Pungello was elected to the Board of Directors in 2003. She serves as a member of the Compensation, Corporate Governance and Technology & Safety Committees. Dr. Pungello is a Scientist at the Frank Porter Graham Development Institute, a Research Assistant Professor in the Developmental Psychology Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Mentor Faculty at the Center for Developmental Science. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Marriage and Family and as a reviewer for several other journals. Dr. Pungello is the President of the Brady Education Foundation in Chapel Hill, N.C. and serves on a number of other non-profit boards. She is the granddaughter of William H. Brady, Jr., the founder of Brady Corporation. As a result of her substantial ownership stake in the Company, as well as her family's history with the Company, she is well positioned to understand, articulate and advocate for the rights and interests of the Company's shareholders.

Mr. Richardson was elected to the Board of Directors in 2007. He serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Corporate Governance and Finance Committees. He is the Executive Vice President and CFO of Diebold, Inc. He previously served as the Executive Vice President Corporate Strategy and CFO of Modine Manufacturing from 2003 to 2009. Prior to Modine, he spent 21 years with BP Amoco serving in various financial and operational roles with assignments in North America, South America, and Europe. Mr. Richardson has served on the boards of Modine Manufacturing and Tronox, Inc. He brings to the Company extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of operations, strategy, accounting, tax accounting, and finance, which are areas of critical importance to the Company as a global public company.