Item 4.1. Executive Officers of the Registrant.
The following provides information concerning the persons who serve as
our executive officers as of February 28, 2009.
Name (and Age at |
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December 31,
2008) |
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Offices
Held |
Gregg M. Sherrill
(55) |
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Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer |
Hari N. Nair (48) |
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Executive Vice President
and President — International |
Kenneth R. Trammell
(48) |
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Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer |
Neal A. Yanos (46) |
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Executive Vice President,
North America |
Brent J. Bauer (53) |
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Senior Vice President and
General Manager — North American Original Equipment Emission
Control |
Timothy E. Jackson
(51) |
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Senior Vice President and
Chief Technology Officer |
Richard P. Schneider
(61) |
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Senior Vice President —
Global Administration |
David A. Wardell
(54) |
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Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
Michael J. Charlton
(50) |
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Vice President, Global
Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing |
Paul D. Novas (50) |
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Vice President and
Controller |
Gregg M. Sherrill —
Mr. Sherrill was named the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tenneco
in January 2007. Mr. Sherrill joined us from Johnson Controls Inc., where
he served since 1998, most recently as President, Power Solutions. From 2002 to
2003, Mr. Sherrill served as the Vice President and Managing Director of
Europe, South Africa and South America for Johnson Controls’ Automotive Systems
Group. Prior to joining Johnson Controls, Mr. Sherrill held various
engineering and manufacturing assignments over a 22-year span at Ford Motor
Company, including Plant Manager of Ford’s Dearborn, Michigan engine plant and
Director of Supplier Technical Assistance. Mr. Sherrill became a director
of our company in January 2007.
Hari N. Nair —
Mr. Nair was named our Executive Vice President and President —
International effective March 2007. Previously, Mr. Nair served as
Executive Vice President and Managing Director of our business in Europe, South
America and India. Before that, he was Senior Vice President and Managing
Director — International. Prior to December 2000, Mr. Nair was
the Vice President and Managing Director — Emerging Markets.
Previously, Mr. Nair was the Managing Director for Tenneco Automotive Asia,
based in Singapore and responsible for all operations and development projects
in Asia. He began his career with the former Tenneco Inc. in 1987, holding
various positions in strategic planning, marketing, business development,
quality and finance. Prior to joining Tenneco, Mr. Nair was a senior
financial analyst at General Motors Corporation focusing on European
operations.
Kenneth R. Trammell —
Mr. Trammell has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer since January 2006. Mr. Trammell was named our Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2003, having served as
our Vice President and Controller since September 1999. From April 1997 to
November 1999, he served as Corporate Controller of Tenneco Inc. He joined
Tenneco Inc. in May 1996 as Assistant Controller. Before joining Tenneco Inc.,
Mr. Trammell spent 12 years with the international public accounting
firm of Arthur Andersen LLP, last serving as a senior manager.
Neal A. Yanos —
Mr. Yanos was named Executive Vice President, North America in July 2008.
Prior to that, he served as our Senior Vice President and General Manager —
North American Original Equipment Ride Control and North
American Aftermarket since May 2003. He joined our Monroe ride control division
as a process engineer in 1988 and since that time has served in a broad range
of assignments including product engineering, strategic planning, business
development, finance, program management and marketing, including Director of
our North American original equipment GM/VW business unit and most recently as
our Vice President and General Manager — North American Original
Equipment Ride Control from December 2000. Before joining our company, Mr. Yanos
was employed in various engineering positions by Sheller Globe Inc. from 1985
to 1988.
Brent J. Bauer —
Mr. Bauer joined Tenneco Automotive in August 1996 as a Plant Manager and
was named Vice President and General Manager — European Original
Equipment Emission Control in September 1999. Mr. Bauer was named
Vice President and General Manager — European and North American
Original Equipment Emission Control in July 2001. Currently, Mr. Bauer
serves as the Senior Vice President and General Manager — North
American Original Equipment Emission Control. Prior to joining Tenneco, he was
employed at AeroquipVickers Corporation for 20 years in positions of
increasing responsibility serving most recently as Director of Operations.
Timothy E. Jackson —
Mr. Jackson joined us as Senior Vice President and General Manager —
North American Original Equipment and Worldwide Program Management in June
1999. He served in this position until August 2000, at which time he was named
Senior Vice President — Global Technology. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Jackson
served as Senior Vice President — Manufacturing, Engineering and
Global Technology. In July 2005, Mr. Jackson was named Senior Vice
President — Global Technology and General Manager, Asia Pacific. In March
2007, he was named our Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Jackson joined us
from ITT Industries where he was President of that company’s Fluid Handling
Systems Division. With over 20 years of management experience, 14 within
the automotive industry, he was also Chief Executive Officer for HiSAN, a joint
venture between ITT Industries and Sanoh Industrial Company. Mr. Jackson
has also served in senior management positions at BF Goodrich Aerospace and
General Motors Corporation.
Richard P. Schneider —
Mr. Schneider was named as our Senior Vice President — Global
Administration in 1999 and is responsible for the development and
implementation of human resources programs and policies and employee
communications activities for our worldwide operations. Prior to 1999, Mr. Schneider
served as our Vice President — Human Resources. He joined us in 1994
from International Paper Company where, during his 20 year tenure, he held
key positions in labor relations, management development, personnel
administration and equal employment opportunity.
David A. Wardell —
Mr. Wardell joined Tenneco in May 2007 as Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary. He is responsible for managing the company’s
worldwide legal affairs including corporate governance. Prior to joining
Tenneco, Mr. Wardell was associated with Abbott Laboratories where he held
several positions of increasing responsibility, most recently being named
Associate General Counsel, Pharmaceutical Products Group Legal Operations in
2005. Before joining Abbott Laboratories, Mr. Wardell spent over ten years
in the legal department of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, where he spent six
years living and working in London, England providing legal support to various
business units in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mr. Wardell started
his legal career as a New York County Assistant District Attorney.
Michael J. Charlton —
Mr. Charlton was named our Vice President, Global Supply Chain Management
and Manufacturing in November 2008. Mr. Charlton served as Tenneco’s
Managing Director for India from January 2008 until November 2008. Prior to
that, he served as the operations director for the Company’s emission control
business in Europe since 2005. Prior to joining Tenneco in 2005, Mr. Charlton
held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility at TRW Automotive, the
most recent being Lead Director, European Purchasing and Operations for the
United Kingdom.
Paul D. Novas —
Mr. Novas was named our Vice President and Controller in July 2006. Mr. Novas
served as Vice President, Finance and Administration for Tenneco Europe from
January 2004 until July 2006 and as Vice President and Treasurer of Tenneco
from November 1999 until January 2004. Mr. Novas joined Tenneco in 1996 as
assistant treasurer responsible for corporate finance and North American
treasury operations. Prior to
joining Tenneco, Mr. Novas worked in the treasurer’s office of General
Motors Corporation for ten years.
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