CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2011-- EnPro Industries, Inc. (NYSE: NPO) today announced that Don DeFosset will retire from the company’s Board of Directors, effective December 31, 2011, and that B. Bernard Burns, Jr. has been elected by the Board to fill the vacancy that will be created upon Mr. DeFosset’s retirement.
Mr. Burns is a co-founder and managing director of McGuire Woods Capital Group, an advisory firm that provides acquisition-related services, and of Red Iron Partners, LLC, a private investment group, both of which are located in Charlotte, NC. He was previously employed by United Dominion Industries, Inc., a $2 billion diversified manufacturing company, where he held a variety of senior corporate staff and operations roles, including the presidency of two of the company’s operating divisions, senior vice president and general counsel, and executive vice president and chief administrative officer. Prior to joining United Dominion, he was a partner at Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, a Charlotte law firm, where he specialized in the firm’s corporate banking, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital practice.
“We are very grateful to Don for the service he has provided EnPro since he joined the Board in 2008,” said Gordon Harnett, chairman. “We appreciate his counsel and wish him well in the future. At the same time, we welcome Bernard and look forward to working with him. He brings an appreciation of our corporate strategies and experience in industrial markets that we are confident will prove valuable to EnPro’s growth.”
About EnPro Industries
EnPro Industries, Inc. is a leader in sealing products, metal polymer and filament wound bearings, components and service for reciprocating compressors, diesel and dual-fuel engines and other engineered products for use in critical applications by industries worldwide.
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