IPG Photonics Corporation announced that effective October 29, 2021, John Peeler, Lead Independent Director of the Company, assumed the role of non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors . Mr. Peeler was appointed to the Board in 2012 and has served as Lead Independent Director since 2017. Mr. Peeler succeeds the late Dr. Valentin P. Gapontsev, founder of the Company, who had been appointed executive Chairman of the Board after the roles of Chairman and CEO were separated in May 2021.