Gary A. Cappeline — Executive Officer & Director at Evoqua Water Technologies

Gary Cappeline is the Operating Partner of AEA Investors LP (AEA). Mr. Cappeline joined AEA in 2007. He is involved in evaluating acquisitions, maximizing the value received from portfolio companies and supporting our Asian operations. Mr. Cappeline co-led the AEA team on the acquisition of Houghton International and currently serves on the board of directors of Houghton International and Unifrax. Before joining AEA, Mr. Cappeline was president and chief operating officer of Ashland Inc., a diversified chemical company. His responsibilities included strategic planning and execution for Ashland's four divisions, oversight of value-adding projects, investor relations and numerous global acquisitions. He was a member of the executive committee. Mr. Cappeline spent the first 23 years of his career with Ashland holding positions of increasing responsibility. He then left to join Engelhard Corporation as a group vice president. He then joined Honeywell Corporation as president of their chemical sector. Before returning to Ashland in 2002, he was at Bear Stearns Merchant Bank, their private equity arm, as chemical industry partner. Mr. Cappeline was a member of the board and executive committee of the American Chemistry Counsel. He currently is on the board of Innophos Corporation, a publicly traded company. Mr. Cappeline holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemical engineering from the City College of New York. He has also attended postgraduate courses at Indiana University and completed the advanced management program at Harvard.