Kevin Johnson

Howden Africa Holdings Ltd. designs, manufactures and supplies fans and blowers, rotary heat exchangers and gas cleaning equipment for utility and industrial applications. It operates through the following segments: Fans & Heat Exchangers, Fabrication Technology and Environmental Control. The Fans and Heat Exchangers segment focuses on air and gas-cooling technologies within the coal/gold mining and power generation markets. The Fabrication Technology segment includes the supply of welding equipment and consumables. The Environmental Control segment covers dust extraction and gas treatment technologies which reduces atmospheric pollution generated by industrial plants. The company was founded in 1854 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Institute of Directors provides informative events and professional development courses. The non-profit company is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Parmesvari Natesan has been the CEO of the South African company since 2010.

Part of ESAB Corp., HE Deutschland Holdings GmbH provides management services. The company is based in Aalen, Germany. The German company was founded in 1994. Kevin Joseph Johnson has been the CEO of the company since 2022.

ESAB Holdings Ltd. engages in the research, development, and manufacture of welding consumables and equipment for welding and cutting processes and applications. It offers manual welding and cutting equipment, welding consumables, welding automation solutions, production equipment, and mechanized cutting systems, as well as tools and accessories for welding, cutting, and general engineering applications. The company was founded by Oscar Kjellberg in 1904 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.