Leadership & Governance

Daniel A. Ninivaggi, appointed as an independent director, is Chief Executive Officer of Lordstown Motors Corporation. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Icahn Automotive Group, LLC and Managing Director of Icahn Enterprises L.P. (IEP) – Automotive Segment from March 2017 through August 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Ninivaggi served as Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp., an $8 billion automotive supplier. Mr. Ninivaggi was President and Chief Executive Officer of IEP between 2010 and 2014. Mr. Ninivaggi currently serves on the board of directors of Lordstown Motors Corporation, Hertz Global Holdings Inc. and Metalsa S.A. (Advisory Board), and has further served as a director of numerous public and private companies, including Navistar International Corporation, Icahn Enterprises G.P. Inc., CVR GP, LLC, XO Holdings, Tropicana Entertainment Inc., Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., and CIT Group, Inc. Prior to joining IEP, Mr. Ninivaggi spent six years at Lear Corporation, holding various executive positions. Mr. Ninivaggi began his career at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP before joining Winston & Strawn LLP, where he became partner. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University, an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and a Juris Doctor degree (with distinction) from Stanford Law School.

Olivier Rabiller has served as Garrett’s President and CEO and a member of its board of directors since the spin-off from Honeywell. Prior to the spin-off, Mr. Rabiller served as President and CEO of the Transportation Systems division at Honeywell from 2016 until the spin-off. Mr. Rabiller’s global career spanned approximately 16 years at Honeywell where he also served as Vice President and General Manager of Transportation Systems for High Growth Regions, Business Development, and Aftermarket (from July 2014 to July 2016) as well as Vice President, General Manager of Transportation Systems Aftermarket (from January 2012 to July 2014). Earlier positions within Honeywell included Vice President of Sourcing for Transportation Systems; Vice President of Customer Management for Passenger Vehicles at Honeywell Turbo Technologies; Vice President, European Sales and Customer Management; and Director of Marketing and Business Development for the European region. He joined Honeywell in 2002 as Senior Program Manager and Business Development Manager for Turbo Technologies EMEA. Mr. Rabiller is a director of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit organization that facilitates business relations between Switzerland and the United States. From 2012 to 2016, Mr. Rabiller was a director of Friction Material Pacifica, Australia. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from Ecole Centrale Nantes and an MBA from INSEAD.

D’aun Norman, appointed as an independent director, retired from Ernst & Young as an audit partner in 2019, after over 30 years of assurance and advisory experience, including 16 years as a partner specializing in audits of publicly-traded global automotive suppliers and other industrial companies. Ms. Norman’s key audit experiences include her work on Visteon Corporation from 2013 to 2019 following the Ford spinoff and bankruptcy emergence; Federal-Mogul from 2006 to 2014 during its bankruptcy and upon emergence; Cooper Tire from 2008 to 2014 during merger negotiations; and Owens-Illinois from 1988 to 2016 during the leveraged buyout and exit, including transition from public to private status and the subsequent IPO. In addition, Ms. Norman served as Assurance People Leader for EY Michigan and Northwest Ohio area practice and as EY Central Region ASC 606 Revenue Recognition Adoption Leader. She is currently Chair of the Bowling Green State University Alumni Leadership Council where she has served multiple other roles. Ms. Norman has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Accounting from Bowling Green State University and attended the EY Executive Education program at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. She is a Certified Public Accountant.

John Petry, designated by the Additional Investors, founded Sessa Capital IM, L.P. (“Sessa Capital”) in 2012 and currently serves as its Managing Principal. Sessa Capital makes, on behalf of its funds and accounts, concentrated investments in value-oriented equity and debt securities, based on in-depth fundamental research. From 2010-2012, Mr. Petry served as a Principal at Columbus Hill Capital Partners, an investment fund focused on distressed investments. From 1997-2010, Mr. Petry held positions at Gotham Capital, most recently as partner, where he researched companies, invested in securities throughout the capital structure and structured investments in new fund vehicles and asset management business start-ups. Mr. Petry has over 25 years in the finance industry and public market investing, has led activist campaigns, invested in private equity businesses, and has experience with restructurings. Mr. Petry currently chairs two non-profit boards, Education Reform Now, which focuses on federal, state and local education policy and Only One, which is dedicated to ocean conservation. Mr. Petry received a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School.

Tina Pierce, designated by Honeywell, is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT), a global leader in sustainability and digitization solutions for industrial performance, with sales of $9.4 billion in 2020.

Since joining Honeywell in 1988, Tina has held a series of finance leadership roles of increasing responsibility across multiple industries. Prior to her current role, Tina was Vice President and CFO for Honeywell Home and Building Technologies where she focused on completing Honeywell’s spin-off of its Homes business into a new publicly-traded company called Resideo (NYSE: REZI). She received the Honeywell Senior Leadership Award in 2019.

Tina has served on a number of boards, including HarbisonWalker International (Audit Committee), Honeywell Automation India Limited (listed on Bombay Stock Exchange), and several joint venture boards. Tina has extensive global experience in over 65 countries and has lived in Hong Kong and Singapore.

Tina holds a master’s degree in business administration from Florida State University and a bachelor’s degree in finance from Ball State University.  She is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant and has completed the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management Executive Scholar Program, including the Board of Directors Development Program for Women.

Robert Shanks, appointed as an independent director, served as executive vice president and CFO at Ford Motor Company from April 2012 through December 2019, when he retired. Prior to that, Mr. Shanks was vice president and controller at Ford. He was appointed a corporate officer of Ford in July 2004, when he was elected to the position of vice president, Operations Support, Finance and Strategy, Ford of Europe and Premier Automotive Group (PAG). Prior to that, Mr. Shanks was CFO for PAG, as well as for Mazda Motor Corporation. In addition to other finance function in Taiwan’s Ford Lio Ho Motor Company and business development activities in Ford’s Asia-Pacific operations. Mr. Shanks has a bachelor’s degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management.

Kevin Mahony, designated by Centerbridge, joined Centerbridge in 2014 and focuses on investments in the Industrials and Consumer sectors. Prior to joining Centerbridge, Kevin was an Associate at Oaktree Capital Management in the Global Principal Group. Prior to that, Kevin was an Investment Banking Analyst at Lazard in the Restructuring Group.

Kevin received a B.S. and a B.A., with distinction, from the University of Virginia.

Julia Steyn, appointed as an independent director, is Chief Commercial Officer at the investment firm VectoIQ. Ms. Steyn previously served as CEO of Bolt Mobility, where she currently serves as Non-Executive Chairwoman. Ms. Steyn is currently a Non-Executive Board Member of First Group PLC in London, UK, a multi-national transport group that operates transport services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States. In addition, Ms. Steyn is a Senior Advisor to McKinsey focusing on the mobility space and corporate innovation, and serves as an advisor to several venture capital organizations. Ms. Steyn worked for almost a decade at General Motors where she was the founder and CEO of Maven, the shared mobility marketplace owned by General Motors. Ms. Steyn joined General Motors in 2012 as vice president, Corporate Development and Global Mergers & Acquisitions. Before joining General Motors, Ms. Steyn was vice president and co-managing director for Alcoa’s Corporate Development group, and she also has worked at Goldman Sachs in key positions in London, Moscow and New York. Earlier in her career, she was a business analyst at A.T. Kearney. Ms. Steyn has a bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College and an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago.

Steven Tesoriere, designated by Oaktree, joined Oaktree in 2016. Prior to Oaktree, Mr. Tesoriere was Managing Principal and Portfolio Manager of Altai Capital Management, an investment manager he co-founded in 2009, which focused on investing in distressed debt and event-driven equities. Prior thereto, Mr. Tesoriere was with Anchorage Capital Group for six years, where he was a founding analyst. He began his career with Blackstone in the Restructuring and Reorganization Group before working at Goldman Sachs in distressed debt research. Mr. Tesoriere received a B.S. degree in Commerce with a concentration in finance from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.