Scott Gerson — Senior Vice President at Harsco Corporation

Mr. Scott H. Gerson has been Group President of Harsco Industrial Business Group at Harsco Corporation since July 6, 2010 and serves as its Senior Vice President since January 25, 2011. Mr. Gerson served as Vice President of Harsco Corporation since July 6, 2010 until January 2011. Mr. Gerson served as Chief Information Officer at Harsco Corporation since April 4, 2005 until January 24, 2011 and served as its Vice President of Information Technology from November 10, 2005 to May 1, 2006. Mr. Gerson was responsible for advancing the Harsco's global resources for providing timely and accurate management information. Mr. Gerson has been leading an organization-wide restructuring of IT functions and systems to provide enhanced Economic Value Added-generating (EVA(r)) support to the Harsco. Prior to joining Harsco, He was with Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc., where he served as IT director of their worldwide application services and held responsibilities for IT systems strategy. Mr. Gerson has also served in IT management capacities with Compaq Computers and TRW. He holds an Engineering degree from Iowa State University and has completed extensive coursework in business administration at the graduate level.