Tennant Company Senior Vice President, General Counsel Heidi Wilson Announces Retirement
January 10 2017 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC), a world leader in designing,
manufacturing and marketing of solutions that help create a
cleaner, safer, healthier world, announced today that Heidi Wilson,
Senior Vice President-General Counsel of Tennant Company, will
retire July 14, 2017. Wilson joined Tennant in 2003 as Associate
General Counsel and was named Vice President-General Counsel in
2005. After receiving her law degree from the University of
Minnesota, Wilson began her legal career at what is now Faegre
Baker Daniels LLP, a Minneapolis law firm, where she worked for 17
years as a trial lawyer. She subsequently joined Medtronic followed
by several years as Vice President General Counsel for a $2 billion
specialty retail company and continued advising business ventures
as a partner in General Counsel, Inc. until she joined Tennant.
Among many other awards and achievements, Wilson was recognized
in 2013 by Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal as one of their
leading “Women in Business”. A frequent author and public speaker,
Wilson currently serves on the Board of Directors for Dunwoody
College, HealthEast and the Guthrie Theater and formerly chaired
Fraser’s Board. Wilson also serves as Chair of the Tennant
Foundation.
Chris Killingstad, President and CEO of Tennant Company
commented, “Under Heidi Wilson’s leadership, the Tennant Legal
Department has become an award-winning legal team, recognized in
2015 by The National Law Journal as one of the 'Twin Cities Legal
Departments of the Year' in the area of corporate governance. Heidi
Wilson is not only a top-notch attorney, but an inspiring leader. I
personally wish to thank her for her many contributions to Tennant
Company and our community.”
The company will immediately begin the search and selection
process with the goal of naming a replacement soon enough to allow
for a smooth transition before her final day.
Company Profile
Minneapolis-based Tennant Company (TNC) is a world leader in
designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions that empower
customers to achieve quality cleaning performance, significantly
reduce their environmental impact and help create a cleaner, safer,
healthier world. Its products include equipment for maintaining
surfaces in industrial, commercial and outdoor environments;
detergent-free and other sustainable cleaning technologies; and
coatings for protecting, repairing and upgrading surfaces.
Tennant's global field service network is the most extensive in the
industry. Tennant has manufacturing operations in Minneapolis, MN;
Holland, MI; Louisville, KY; Chicago, IL; Uden, The Netherlands;
São Paulo, Brazil; and Shanghai, China; and sells products directly
in 15 countries and through distributors in more than 80 countries.
For more information, visit www.tennantco.com. The Tennant Company logo and
other trademarks designated with the symbol “®” are trademarks of
Tennant Company registered in the United States and/or other
countries.
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