Robert L. Verigan is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alliance Laundry and has served as a director since August 2015, and was appointed by our principal stockholder. Mr. Verigan is a Partner at BDT & MSD, serves on the firm s Investment Committee and has held various positions with BDT & MSD since October 2013. Prior to joining BDT & MSD, Mr. Verigan was a Partner at Sidley Austin LLP, in their Corporate and Securities practice group, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, board and shareholder governance, private equity and venture capital investments, from 1999 to 2013. Mr. Verigan currently sits on the Board of Directors at Greystar Real Estate Partners, Nation Safe Drivers and Tory Burch, and is a board observer of Culligan. He formerly served on the Board of Directors at Truck-Lite and Lou Malnati s. Mr. Verigan serves on the Founder s Board, and as a Vice Chair of the Investment Committee, of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and is a Fellow of the Class of 2013 of Leadership Greater Chicago. We believe Mr. Verigan is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his broad experience in private equity, his background in corporate governance and complex transactions and his service on multiple company boards across diverse sectors.