ials LLC, a privately held materials science-based company that manufactures high-tech industrial abrasives. He also is the chairman of the board of Flexible Products and Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of National Scientific Company Limited. Mr. Fischer also serves as a board member of Partners for Care, a U.S.-based not- for- profit organization focused on water, health, and nutrition in developing countries. Qualifications The qualifications and experiences the board considered in determining that Mr. Fischer should serve as a director of the Company include his service as the Chief Executive Officer of a public company, his operating and manufacturing, sales and marketing and general management experience, including responsibility for international operations while based in the U.S. and in Switzerland, his service on the board of a public company in addition to Ingredion, including his service as a member of its compensation committee, and his current and prior service on the boards of privately held companies and not- for-profit organizations.