Julia C. Kahr has served as a director of Gates Industrial Corporation plc since its formation in 2017 and has served as a director of Gates entities since 2014. Ms. Kahr is currently a partner and head of North America at Cinven, a global private equity firm. Prior to joining Cinven, Ms. Kahr was a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone’s Corporate Private Equity Group, where she worked from 2004 to 2021. While at Blackstone, Ms. Kahr was involved in the execution of its investments in SunGard, Encore Medical, DJ Orthopedics, Summit Materials, Precision Medicine Group and Gates. Before joining Blackstone, she was a Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group, where she worked with companies in a variety of industries, including health care, financial services, media and entertainment and consumer goods. She is also the sole author of Working Knowledge, a book published by Simon & Schuster in 1998. Ms. Kahr currently serves as a director of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc., Sheltering Arms, BRIC Arts Media and Saint Ann’s School, and previously served as a director of Summit Materials, Inc. from 2009 to 2017.