AUGUST M. VLAK
President & Chief Executive Officer, Director, Member of the Pension Investment Review Committee
Mr. August M. Vlak, also known as Gus, has been Chief Executive Officer and President at The Eastern Company since January 1, 2016. At Eastern, he has been focused on creating long term shareholder value by growing the business and improving capital allocation. Prior to joining Eastern, Gus was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and Katzenbach Partners and, most recently, he was a Senior Advisor to Barington Capital Group. He was also an Investment Banker with Lehman Brother’s Health Care Banking Group. Gus holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Amherst College, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University.