Barb Bolens is a senior finance executive with both corporate finance and sales/marketing experience with publicly traded multinational Fortune 500 and 1000 companies. She currently serves as the Vice President Corporate Strategy, Investor Relations and Communications at Actuant Corporation. Prior to joining Actuant, Barb spent over 6 years at Joy Global Inc/Komatsu Mining Corporation as its VP and Treasurer. Responsible for Treasury operations at both Komatsu America/Komatsu Mining Corp and Joy Global (its predecessor), she led several significant treasury and risk management initiatives including integration & merger activities, development of an enterprise risk management structure and implementing effective strategies to manage the Company’s capital structure. Prior to Komatsu Mining/Joy Global, Barb held financial leadership positions at several other multinational corporations as well as early career leadership roles in sales and marketing. Barb has a deep understanding of both OEM as well as distribution business models and has worked to create cohesive strategies, efficient capital and liquidity structures and impactful financial communications within the companies in which she has worked.