Barnes Group Inc. announced the appointment of Neal J. Keating to the Company's Board of Directors, effective February 9, 2023. Mr. Keating has also been appointed to the Company's Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Keating served as the Executive Chairman of the Board of Kaman Corporation (a publicly traded aerospace and industrial distribution company) at his retirement in April 2021, which followed serving as its President and Chief Executive Officer (2008 to 2020) and President and Chief Operating Officer (2007 to 2008).

His prior positions include Chief Operating Officer of Hughes; Chief Executive Officer of GKN Aerospace; and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Systems at Rockwell Collins, a spin-off of Rockwell International where he held roles of increasing responsibility in the automation and aerospace businesses over his more than two-decade tenure. Mr. Keating currently serves on the boards of Hubbell Inc., Triumph Group Inc., Form Technologies Inc. (a private company) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Mr. Keating received a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago.