Donaldson Company, Inc. (DCI) announced that it has appointed Ajita Rajendra to its Board of Directors, effective March 26th. The addition of Rajendra brings the Board to 11 members.
Donaldson said that Rajendra is Executive Vice President of Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based A.O. Smith Corp. (AOS) and President of their $1.4 billion A.O. Smith Water Products Company.
Prior to joining A.O. Smith in 2005, Rajendra held executive management positions at Kennametal, Inc. (KMT) from 1996 to 2005, including Senior Vice President, Industrial Products Group, and Vice President, Electronics Group. Rajendra also served in a wide range of executive management and financial roles from 1978 through 1996 at Corning, Inc. (GLW), the company added.
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