Mr. Gavin was most recently appointed Chairman of GMS Inc. in 2019. Previously, he was a Senior Advisor with LLR Partners, LLC, a middle market, growth-oriented private equity firm, from 2010 to 2017, and had been Chairman of Strategic Distribution, Inc. ( SDI ), a leading maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) supply firm from 2014 to 2017. Prior to holding his Chairman position at SDI, Mr. Gavin served as Chief Executive Officer and President of SDI. Mr. Gavin previously held positions with Drake Beam Morin, Inc., an international career management and transitions management firm, Right Management Consultants, Inc., a publicly traded global provider of integrated consulting solutions across the employment lifecycle, and Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Gavin currently serves on the boards of various privately held companies. Mr. Gavin is qualified to serve as a director of the Company because of his expertise in financial, accounting, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, human resources, and career management matters, his extensive management and operational experience, his current and prior service on the board of directors of other publicly and privately held companies and his financial and accounting experience, including his experience as a certified public accountant with a nationally recognized public accounting firm.