Jason Industries Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, (Nasdaq:JASN) (Nasdaq:JASNW), parent company to a global family of manufacturers in the seating, finishing, automotive acoustics and components markets, has announced that Dr. John Rutledge will not seek re-election at the company’s annual shareholder meeting scheduled for May 16. 

Andrew Lampereur has been named a new director nominee, pending a shareholder vote at the company’s shareholder meeting.

Lampereur most recently served as executive vice president and CFO of Actuant Corporation, whose businesses are leaders in a broad array of niche markets including branded hydraulic tools and solutions; specialized products and services for energy markets and highly engineered position and motion control systems.