Lawson Products Inc. (NASDAQ:LAWS), Chicago, IL, has named J. Bryan King, CFA and a principal of Luther King Capital Management, as chairman of the company’s board of directors. King was elected to the board of directors in 2017. In 2003, King established the LKCM Distribution Holdings oversight advisory board of operating partners and thought leaders to support LKCM Capital Group and its affiliates’ investment activities with respect to distribution, packaging, shop, field and engineering services, and rental focused businesses. TestEquity, Relevant Solutions, and Industrial Distribution Group are among the businesses where King has served as chairman of the board and the managing partner.

Additionally, Charles Hale and Mark Moon have been appointed to serve as directors on Lawson’s board, filling the two vacancies from recently retired directors.

Mark Moon is the President of MFM Advisory Services and serves as an advisor and operating partner of LKCM Headwater Investments and Bertram Capital since 2016 and 2018, respectively. 

Charles Hale has served as executive vice chairman of Test Equity, Inc. since 2017, chairman of Liquid Technologies Inc. since 2016, and as a member of the board of directors at Applied System Technologies since 2017. In addition, he has been an operating partner of LKCM Headwater Investments since 2017.