Houston Wire & Cable Company

Mr. Pokluda was appointed President in May 2011 and assumed the role as Chief Executive Officer and Director effective January 1, 2012. Previously, he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing from 2007 to 2011. From 1995 to 2007, Mr. Pokluda held multiple senior leadership and management positions in general management, merchandising, supply chain, acquisitions, marketing and sales. Mr. Pokluda joined the Company in 1987 as an Account Manager.

Over the past 24 years, Mr. Pokluda has a demonstrated history of substantial contributions to the Company including the construction and leadership of our long-term growth plan, implementation of the National Service Center, the commercialization of our private branded products, co-leadership of the initial public offering in 2006 and add-on offering in 2007 and acquisitions. Mr. Pokluda served on the Board of Directors of Houston Electrical League (HEL) for several years, is an affiliate member of the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED), and a graduate of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Mr. Graham has served as HWC's Chief Financial Officer since 1997. He oversees the financial reporting and analysis, accounting, tax, risk management, compliance, and administration functions. He joined us in 1984 as Controller and has held various financial management positions. He is a registered CPA in the U.S. and a Chartered Accountant in his native Scotland.

Mr. McLeod joined HWC in 2001 as Director of Logistics and was promoted to Vice President of Logistics in December 2001,and Vice President of Operations in 2010. In addition to his responsibilities for all distribution facilities, Chris directs transportation management, safety programs, physical security, ISO practices and the Company's Disaster Recovery Plan. Prior to joining HWC, Mr. McLeod was a Managing Director at FedEx Logistics where he managed the Dell Computer account. Additionally he has held several logistics positions at Kimberly Clark-Tecnol, Tandy Corporation, and Pier 1 imports. Mr. McLeod is a graduate of Sam Houston State University and received an MBA with honors from Regis University. He has also completed an executive training program at Texas Christian University—M.J. Neely School of Business, and supply chain management executive education at MIT Sloan.