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Linda Baddour, Gary Hendrickson

Waters announced today that has appointed Linda Baddour and Gary Hendrickson as directors of the firm.

Baddour has served as executive VP and CFO at PRA Health Sciences since 2007. Prior to PRA, she served as CFO at Pharmaceutical Product Development. Beforhand,  she also served as treasurer and chief accounting officer at the firm.

Prior to Waters, Hendrickson served as Chairman of  Valspar between 2012 and 2017, and CEO since 2011. Prior to CEO, Hendrickson acted as COO, president of several business units, and corporate VP and President of the firm's Asia Pacific branch.

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