Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. Victor L. Richey, retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ESCO Technologies, Inc, to Thermon's board of directors. Mr. Richey's addition is part of the Board's ongoing succession planning efforts. Until his retirement in September 2022, Mr. Richey, 66, was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ESCO, a global provider of highly engineered products and solutions serving diverse end-markets, including aerospace and defense, industrial, the utility and renewable energy sectors, and radio frequency shielding and testing.

At ESCO, Mr. Richey served as Chief Executive Officer from 2002, as well as Chairman of the Board from 2006, until his retirement in 2022. Mr. Richey has served on the board of directors of Nordson Corporation since 2010. He served in the United States Army from 1979 to 1985.

Mr. Richey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Washington University.