Timothy J. Gardner

Executive Vice President, Consumer Packaging

Timothy J. Gardner is Executive Vice President of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW), a Fortune 200 diversified manufacturer of highly engineered components and industrial systems and consumables. With $15.9 billion in revenues, ITW is a multinational manufacturer of a diversified range of value-adding and short lead-time industrial products and equipment. The Company consists of 840 business units in 60 countries and employs some 60,000 people.

Mr. Gardner has been with ITW since 1997 and has held a series of management roles within the Consumer Packaging businesses. Most recently, he served as Group President, Consumer Products, with responsibility for the Minigrip, Hi-Cone, Zip-Pak, Space Bag and Heat Transfer businesses. In 2009, he was named Executive Vice President. He is responsible for the Company's Global Consumer Packaging businesses as well as the Marking, Coding, Decorative Equipment and Strength Film businesses.

He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Bucknell University and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Farleigh Dickinson University.

Mr. Gardner is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Keep America Beautiful and a Board Member of the Glenwood School, West Campus, Chicago. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of The Beer Institute and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Illinois.

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