Brian A. Deck has been our Chief Executive Officer since December 2020 and served as President of JBT from December 2020 to January 2025. He was previously our interim Chief Executive Officer from June 2020 to December 2020. Mr. Deck served as our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from February 2014 until December 2020.
Prior to joining JBT, he served as Chief Financial Officer (since May 2011) of National Material L.P., a private diversified industrial holding company. Mr. Deck served as Vice President of Finance and Treasury (November 2007 to May 2011) and as Director, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (August 2005 to November 2007) of Ryerson Inc., a metals distributor and processor. Prior to his service with Ryerson, Mr. Deck held various positions with General Electric Capital, Bank One (now JPMorgan Chase & Co.), and Cole Taylor Bank.
Mr. Deck holds an MBA with a concentration in finance from DePaul University in Chicago, and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Illinois.