Neil Novich

Current public company boards: Beacon Roofing Supply, Hillenbrand, W.W. Grainger

Prior public company board: Analog Devices, Inc.

Executive experience: Neil is the retired chair, president and CEO of Ryerson. Prior to its sale to private equity, Ryerson was a Fortune 500 company with sales of $6 billion and was one of the largest global metals fabricators, processors, and distributors. Prior to joining Ryerson, Novich was a partner with Bain & Co., an international management consulting firm.

He currently serves on the boards of W.W. Grainger, Inc., Hillenbrand Inc, and Beacon Roofing Supply. He also served on the board of Analog Devices from 2008 to 2020 He has been the compensation chair of four public companies and the audit chair of two. He is a trustee of the Field Museum of Natural History and advises a variety of startup companies in Chicago. He is also a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and the Commercial Club.

Additional information: Neil has a degree in physics from Harvard University and masters’ degrees both in nuclear engineering and in management from MIT. He also has multiple certificates in machine learning and analytics from IBM/eDx, as well as multiple certificates in cyber security from RIT/eDx.