co-founding Clearlake, he was a Partner and member of the investment committee at Tennenbaum Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on special situations and credit investments and a senior executive at govWorks, Inc. Mr. Feliciano started his career in investment banking in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance Groups at Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Mr. Feliciano currently serves on the boards of directors of several Clearlake portfolio companies, including Alkagen, Amquip Crane Rental, BakeMark, Gravity, IXS, Mold-Rite, Pretium, PrimeSource, Springs, Wellness Pet Company, and Wheel Pros. Mr. Feliciano graduated with High Honors from Princeton University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. He received his Master of Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University.
We determined that Mr. Feliciano’s extensive public and private company experience, directorship experience, and extensive experience in a wide array of industries qualifies him to serve as a director on the Board of Directors.
Colin Leonard has served as a director of the Company since the effective time of the Business Combination in June 2021. Mr. Leonard is a Partner at Clearlake. Prior to joining Clearlake in 2007, he was an investment professional at HBK Investments L.P., where he focused on distressed investments in the industrials and transportation/logistics sectors. Mr. Leonard currently serves on the boards of directors of several Clearlake portfolio companies including Alkagen, Gravity, Hi Crush, IXS, PrimeSource, Springs, and Wheel Pros. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Venice. Mr. Leonard graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Economics (Wharton School) and a minor in Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania.
We determined that Mr. Leonard’s extensive banking, financial, and investment experience and past directorship experience qualifies him to serve as a director on the Board of Directors.
Heather Harding has served as a director of the Company since July 2022. Previously, Ms. Harding served as Chief Financial Officer of Luxfer Holdings PLC since January 1, 2018 until March 1, 2022 and had been its Advisor. Over the past 25 years, Mrs. Harding has held finance leadership roles of increasing responsibility in global industrial companies. Most recently, she served as vice president, finance, for Eaton Lighting, a business unit of Eaton Corporation. Prior to that, she was vice president, finance, for various operating units within Cooper Industries and Emerson Electric. Ms. Harding currently serves on the board of directors of J.M. Huber Corporation. A certified public accountant, Mrs. Harding received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
We determined that Ms. Harding’s extensive management and financial experience, including formerly serving as the Chief Financial Officer of a publicly traded company, and the attributes that make her eligible to serve as an “audit committee financial expert,” qualify her to serve as a director on the Board of Directors.
On April 13, 2023, Brian Cook notified the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee that he would not be standing for re-election as a director at this upcoming Annual Meeting. Mr. Cook has served as (i) a director of our Board since we became a public company pursuant to the Business Combination in June 2021 and (ii) a member of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee since August 2021. No disagreement with us related to our operations, policies or practices caused, in whole or in part, Mr. Cook’s determination not to stand for re-election.
Independence Status
Director independence is determined in accordance with the listing standards of the various securities exchanges as well as by the rules and regulations of the SEC. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that a significant majority of the Board and all of the members of the Audit and Compensation Committees must be independent from management and must meet all of the applicable criteria for independence established by NYSE and the SEC. Our Board makes an annual determination of the independence of each director. No director may be deemed independent unless the Board determines that neither the director nor any of the director’s immediate family members has a material relationship with Janus, directly or as an officer, shareholder or partner of an organization that has a material relationship with Janus.
Our Board has determined that all of our non-employee directors meet the requirements to be independent directors under NYSE listing standards. In making these determinations, our Board considered the current and prior relationships that each non-employee director has with the Company and all other facts and circumstances