Julia Kahr — Senior Managing Director of Corporate Private Equity Group at The Blackstone Group

Ms. Julia C. Kahr has served as a Director at Gates Industrial Corporation plc since September 2017. She serves as a Senior Managing Director of Corporate Private Equity Group at The Blackstone Group L.P. Ms. Kahr served as Managing Director and Principal of the Corporate Private Equity Group at The Blackstone Group L.P. She is a Senior Managing Director at The Blackstone Group, Private Equity Group. She was a Managing Director at the firm. Since joining Blackstone in 2004, she has been involved in analyzing numerous investments in the communications and general industrial sectors. Before joining Blackstone, she was a Project Leader of the Boston Consulting Group, where she worked with companies in a variety of industries, including health care, financial services, media and entertainment and consumer goods. She served as the Vice President of Grand Slam Holdings, LLC. She has been a Director of DJO Finance LLC since November 2006, Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. since June 23, 2016 and DJO Global Inc. since November 2006. She serves as a Director of Summit Materials, LLC. She serves on the Board of Directors of DJ Orthopedics and Gates Corporation and is also a member of the Board of Directors of Episcopal Social Services. She is a Trustee of WNYC Radio, Inc. She served as a Director of DJO Opco Holdings, Inc. since November 20, 2006. She served as a Director of Summit Materials, Inc. since August 2009 until February 28, 2017. She is the sole author of Working Knowledge, a book published by Simon & Schuster in 1998. She received a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School. Ms. Kahr holds a Bachelor of Arts in Classical Civilization from Yale University where she graduated summa cum laude.