John R. Linker was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Columbus McKinnon effective July 1, 2026 and became the Company's principal financial officer as of July 31, 2026. He brings more than two decades of value-creation-focused financial leadership across publicly traded and private-equity-backed global industrial and manufacturing businesses.
Most recently he served as Chief Financial Officer of Husky Technologies Limited from October 2023 until March 2026. Earlier he was Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Serta Simmons Bedding LLC from 2022 to 2023, and an executive at JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. from 2012 to 2022, including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from November 2018 until March 2022.