Business Wire·Aug 20, 2026, 7:00 AM ET

LSI Industries Announces Chief Financial Officer Retirement, Initiates Finance Leadership Succession Plan

LSI Industries announced that Executive Vice President & CFO James E. Galeese will retire on August 31, 2027, after more than a decade of service.
Mr. Galeese intends to provide advisory support to the company following his tenure as CFO.
LSI has initiated a formal search for his successor led by the Executive Committee & a global executive search firm, considering both internal & external candidates.
The company aims to name a successor during the first half of calendar year 2027.
Since becoming CFO in 2017, Mr. Galeese helped lead LSI's transformation into a market-leading integrated retail solutions platform with compounded, profitable growth.
His tenure included overseeing the deployment of over $500 million across four strategic acquisitions to expand addressable markets.
President & CEO James A. Clark praised Mr. Galeese's integrity, strategic insight, & disciplined financial stewardship.
Mr. Galeese highlighted LSI's positioning as a value compounder driven by recurring revenue streams, innovation, & a returns-focused capital deployment approach.
LSI Industries is headquartered in Cincinnati, trades on NASDAQ under symbol LYTS, employs approximately 3,000 people, & operates 23 manufacturing plants in the U.S. & Canada.
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