Neil P. Simpkins has served as a director of Gates Industrial Corporation plc since November 2017 and as the Chair of the Board since January 2020. He has served as a director of Gates entities since 2014. He is currently an Executive Advisor to Blackstone, and prior to that was a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone’s Corporate Private Equity Group. Since joining Blackstone in 1998, Mr. Simpkins has led the acquisitions of TRW Automotive, Vanguard Health Systems, TeamHealth, Apria, Inc., Summit Materials, Change Healthcare and Gates. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Simpkins was a Principal at Bain Capital. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Mr. Simpkins was a consultant at Bain & Company in the Asia Pacific region and in London. He currently serves as a director of Apria, Inc. (NASDAQ: APR) and Team Health Holdings, Inc., and previously served as a director of Summit Materials, Inc. from 2009 to 2018 and Change Healthcare, Inc. from 2011 to 2022.