HOWARD L. LANCE - Corporate Board Profile

MERCURY SYSTEMS INC

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2022-09-08	Howard L. Lance Class I Director Nominated for a Term Ending in 2025 Director Since: 2022 Primary Occupation: Former President and CEO Maxar Technologies Inc. and Harris Corporation Committee Memberships: Government Relations, Human Capital and Compensation, M&A and Finance, Nominating and Governance Compensation: $238,842
2023-09-21	Mr. Lance is currently Managing Partner at Lance Advisors LLC, an advisory firm serving private equity and institutional investors. He serves as non-executive Chairman of Summit Materials, a publicly traded provider of aggregates and cement, non-executive Chairman of privately held Covanta Energy LLC, a leading provider of sustainable environmental solutions, and a director of Mercury Systems, a leading defense electronics supplier. He previously served on the public company boards of New Vista Acquisition Corp., Ferrovial S.A., Eastman Chemical Company, Stryker Corporation, and Aviat Networks. Mr. Lance was President and Chief Executive Officer of Maxar Technologies, a publicly traded provider of space technology solutions including satellites, robotics, geospatial imagery, and services from 2016 to 2019. Previously, he was Executive Advisor – Private Equity at the Blackstone Group from 2012 to 2016. He served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Harris Corporation (now L3Harris), a publicly traded provider of communications and information technology products, software, systems and services to government, defense, and commercial markets, from 2003 to 2012. He was Co-President of NCR Corporation and Chief Operating Officer of its Retail and Financial Group from 2001 to 2002. Previously, he spent 17 years at Emerson Electric Company including as Executive Vice President of its Electronics and Telecom businesses, Group President of its Climate Technologies businesses, and Chief Executive Officer of Astec PLC, a UK-listed subsidiary based in Hong Kong. Mr. Lance’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his extensive experience in the defense industry and his executive and operational experience as the Chief Executive Officer of public companies. His fees reflect four quarterly Board retainer fees.
2024-09-12	Howard L. Lance Age: 68 Committee Memberships: Human Capital & Compensation (Chair) M&A and Finance Nominating & Governance Director Since: 2022 Primary Occupation: Former President and CEO, Maxar Technologies, Inc. and Harris Corporation Mr. Lance is currently Managing Partner at Lance Advisors LLC, an advisory firm serving private equity and institutional investors. He serves as non- executive Chairman of Summit Materials, a publicly traded provider of aggregates and cement, non-executive Chairman of privately held Reworld Waste, a provider of sustainable materials management solutions, non-executive Chairman of privately held Heritage Environmental Solutions, a provider of regulated environmental solutions, and a director of Mercury Systems, a defense electronics supplier. He previously served on the public company boards of Change Healthcare, New Vista Acquisition Corp., Ferrovial S.A., Eastman Chemical Co., Stryker Corp., and Aviat Networks. Mr. Lance was President and Chief Executive Officer of Maxar Technologies, a publicly traded provider of space technology solutions including satellites, robotics, geospatial imagery, and services from 2016 to 2019. Previously, he was Executive Advisor – Private Equity at the Blackstone Group from 2012 to 2016. He served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Harris Corporation (now L3Harris Technologies), a publicly traded provider of communications and information technology solutions to government, defense, and commercial markets from 2003 to 2012. He was Co-President of NCR Corporation and Chief Operating Officer of its Retail and Financial Group from 2001 to 2002. Previously, he spent 17 years at Emerson Electric Company including as Executive Vice President of its Electronics and Telecom businesses, Group President of its Climate Technologies businesses, and Chief Executive Officer of Astec PLC, a publicly listed subsidiary based in Hong Kong. Mr. Lance’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his extensive experience in the defense industry and his executive and operational experience as the Chief Executive Officer of multiple public companies.