John Hewitt is a global business executive with a +30-year track record of consistently delivering strong growth and profitability as well as building world-class teams and high-performance cultures. His experience spans venture-backed, private equity-backed, and public companies, leading both high-growth and turnarounds through multiple market cycles. John has spent more than three decades running operating businesses in the industries Innventure now competes in – industrial, technology, and most relevantly, data center infrastructure and cooling. He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Robertshaw Controls, a 125-year-old market leader in technical solutions that serve to control the flow of gas, water, and other fluids across a variety of markets. Prior to Robertshaw, John was Vertiv’s President of the Americas region, where he ran a multi-billion-dollar business at the center of the AI driven data center build out. He has also held senior roles at TE Connectivity, Motorola, and Baker Hughes. He sits on the boards of IDEAL INDUSTRIES INC and Accelsius, which means he already understands the Innventure model from the inside. John looks forward to working closely with Innventure’s management team to support operational execution and help drive scalable, long-term value creation.