Mr. Larsen has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. since 2013. He previously served as president and chief executive officer of Gardner Denver, Inc. from 2012 to 2013 and as its vice president and chief financial officer, and earlier held a number of global finance leadership roles at General Electric from 1995 to 2009. He chairs A. O. Smith's Audit Committee and has been determined to qualify as an audit committee financial expert.