Patrick P. Goris has served as a director of Lincoln Electric since 2018 and chairs the Audit Committee, also sitting on the Finance committee. He is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial & Strategy Officer of Carrier Global Corporation, a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions, a role he assumed in February 2026 after serving as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from November 2020.
Before joining Carrier, Mr. Goris served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rockwell Automation, a global industrial automation and information solutions provider, from February 2017 to November 2020. The board has determined that his extensive accounting and financial experience qualifies him as an audit committee financial expert.