David M. Cote is a businessperson who has been the head of 10 different companies. Presently, he occupies the position of Executive Chairman of Vertiv Holdings Co. He is also on the board of Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., The Economic Club of New York, Conférence de Montréal and Juniper Industrial Holdings, Inc. and Member of The Business Roundtable. In his past career David M. Cote held the position of Chairman for Honeywell International, Inc. Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Honeywell Capital Management LLC, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Honeywell Electronic Materials, Inc. and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Honeywell SA (which are all subsidiaries of Honeywell International, Inc.), Co-Chairman for US India CEO Forum, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for TRW, Inc., Senior Vice President for General Electric Co., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp., Executive Chairman, President, CEO & Secretary at GS Acquisition Holdings Corp. and President & Chief Executive Officer of General Electric Appliances, Inc. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire.