Bio, via Bloomberg:

Mr. Clay H. Kiefaber served as the President of Colfax Corporation from January 2010 to April 2012. Mr. Kiefaber serves as Acting Chief Executive Officer of ESAB Group (UK) Ltd. He served as an Acting Chief Executive Officer of ESAB at Colfax Corporation from January 2012 to August 19, 2015. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Colfax Corporation since January 2010 until December 31, 2015. He served as a Group President of the architectural coatings and windows group of Masco Corporation from December 9, 2005 to 2007 and served as its Group Vice President of Builder Cabinet Group since December 19, 2003. He served as President of Merillat Industries LLC since 1998. He joined Merillat Industries in 1989 as Director of Just-In-Time Planning, he served in a variety of operations management positions including Vice President of Manufacturing, Vice President of Operations and Executive Vice President. Prior to Merillat, Mr. Kiefaber was with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) serving as a Senior Manager in its Advanced Manufacturing Group. He also held sales and marketing positions with Harris Corporation, Hewlett-Packard and Digital Equipment Corporation. He served as a Director for Colfax Corporation from May 7, 2008 to August 19, 2015. He serves as President of the Boys and Girls Club of Lenawee County and is active with Junior Achievement. Mr. Kiefaber holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Miami of Ohio in 1978 and a Master's of Business Administration from the University of Colorado in 1981.