Kaman appoints CEO Ian Walsh to additional role of Board Chairman alongside Jennifer Pollino as Lead Independent Director

– USA, CT –  Kaman Corporation (NYSE: KAMN) today announced the appointment of President and CEO, Ian Walsh as Chairman of its Board of Directors, succeeding Neal Keating who retired from the Board at the 2021 AGM on April 14, 2021.

As Ian Walsh will now jointly serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and CEO,  the company announced that Jennifer Pollino, who joined the board in 2015, will assume the role of Lead Independent Director.

Kaman also announced the retirement of two of its long-standing Board members, Karen Garrison and Tom Rabaut.

Ian Walsh commented, “I am thrilled and excited to be working with Jennifer in her role as Lead Independent Director going forward. Jennifer chaired the CEO succession process and I have gotten to know her well and worked closely with her these past months as Chair of our Compensation Committee. Both Tom and Karen have been tremendous assets to Kaman and wonderful advisors to me since I arrived. We thank them for their service and dedication to Kaman and wish them well.”

About Kaman Corporation

Kaman Corporation, founded in 1945 by aviation pioneer Charles H. Kaman, and headquartered in Bloomfield, Connecticut, conducts business in the aerospace & defense, industrial, and medical markets. Kaman produces and markets proprietary aircraft bearings and components; super precision, miniature ball bearings; proprietary spring energized seals, springs, and contacts; complex metallic and composite aerostructures for commercial, military, and general aviation fixed and rotary wing aircraft; safe and arming solutions for missile and bomb systems for the U.S. and allied militaries; subcontract helicopter work; restoration, modification and support of our SH-2G Super Seasprite maritime helicopters; manufacture and support of our K-MAX manned and unmanned medium-to-heavy lift helicopters.

For more information: https://www.kaman.com/

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