Jay L. Henderson, 70, retired as Vice Chairman, Client Service of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), a global professional services firm, in June 2016, having served in that capacity since 2007. He also served as PwC’s Greater Chicago Market Managing Partner from 2003 to 2013 and, prior thereto, Managing Partner of the Cleveland Office. During his career at PwC, Mr. Henderson gained significant broad-based experience working with boards and audit committees of Fortune 500 global organizations across multiple markets and industry sectors. Mr. Henderson has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1977. He has served as a director of ITW since 2016 and currently serves as a director of The J.M. Smucker Company, where he is a member of the Audit Committee, and Northern Trust Corporation, where he serves as Lead Director, Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit, Risk, Human Capital and Compensation, Technology and Operations, and Executive Committees. He has not served as a director of any other publicly traded company in the last five years. Mr. Henderson also has significant expertise as a participating board member of a number of professional, civic and not-for-profit organizations.
Mr. Henderson’s extensive experience in managing and overseeing businesses and working with the boards and audit committees of complex global companies, his other board leadership roles and leadership roles at a major professional services firm, as well as his experience with risk oversight, bring valuable perspectives to our Board.