Albany International Corp. announced that Bonnie C. Lind has been elected to its Board of Directors and that Director John R. Scannell has been appointed Chairman of the Board. Ms. Lind, age 65, served as Sr. Vice President, CFO & Treasurer of Neenah Inc. following its spinoff from Kimberly-Clark Corporation in 2004 until October 2020.

Prior to that, from 1984 she held a number of increasingly senior financial and operational positions within Kimberly-Clark Corporation, culminating in Assistant Treasurer. Neenah Inc. was a market leading manufacturer of premium packaging and specialty paper products which merged with Schweitzer-Mauduit International in 2022 to form Mativ Holdings. Ms. Lind is currently a Director at Hubbell Incorporated, a global manufacturer of electrical and electronic products for construction, industrial and utility applications, where she is Chair of its Audit and a member of its Corporate Governance Committees, as well as a Director of Mission Produce, a global grower, marketer & distributor of avocados, where she is Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Nominating/Governance Committee.

She previously served on the Boards of US Silica, Federal Signal and Empire District Electric Company. Ms. Lind holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) degree with honors from the University of Georgia. Director Scannell, age 60, the retired CEO and current Chairman at Moog Inc. has been a member of the Albany Board of Directors since 2012.

He succeeds Director Erland (Erkie) Kailbourne as Chairman as part of a planned Board succession process. Mr. Kailbourne will continue as a Director of the Company and assist in the transition of his duties.