Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. announced key appointments to its senior leadership team. Rob Thikoll has joined the company as Senior Vice President. Mr. Thikoll will work closely with Chief Executive Officer Vicente Reynal in further enhancing the company's focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement. Amod Kher has assumed the role of Vice President and General Manager of the Medical Segment. Mr. Kher succeeds Patrick Bennett, who will continue with the company in a strategic advisory role to assist in the leadership transition, which will begin immediately. Mr. Thikoll is an accomplished business leader whose career has spanned a number of leading industrial companies, including more than 15 years at Danaher Corporation in roles of increasing responsibility focused on operational excellence, lean manufacturing and the Danaher Business System. Prior to that, he spent almost 10 years at Aisin Takaoka, a Toyota Tier One Supplier, learning and practicing the Toyota Production System (TPS) in Japan and the United States, and leading the evolution of TPS from a factory setting into an enterprise setting. Mr. Kher has been a Managing Director of Gardner Denver’s Medical segment for the last two years, including one year leading the Asia-Pacific region and one year leading the EMEA region. He has more than 20 years of business leadership spanning commercial, operational and product management expertise including eight years at Danaher Corporation where he held several leadership roles of increasing responsibility with his last assignment as the European Vice President for the Kavo Kerr Group.