VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich.,
Aug. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC), a global leader in vehicle
cockpit electronics, today announced that Christian A. Garcia has been appointed executive
vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1. Reporting to President and CEO
Sachin Lawande, he will lead all
financial activities for Visteon, including accounting, treasury,
tax, audit and investor relations. He also will oversee mergers,
acquisitions and divestitures, and information technology.
William R. Robertson, who has
served as Visteon's interim CFO since March
31, will continue with the company as vice president and
corporate controller.
Garcia, 52, has more than 30 years of financial experience and
has held a variety of leadership roles of increasing responsibility
in the energy, software and consulting, and business equipment
manufacturing industries. He recently was senior vice president,
finance, and acting chief financial officer for Halliburton
Company, a global provider of products and services to the energy
industry.
"Christian is an accomplished and highly respected finance
leader with broad global experience, and we are thrilled that he
will be joining our senior leadership team," Lawande said.
"Christian's track record of financial leadership and proven
ability to drive growth at technology-focused companies aligns with
our vision of global leadership in the fast-growing automotive
electronics and software segment. I also want to thank Bill Robertson for his interim CFO leadership
over the past several months and look forward to his ongoing
contributions to the company."
Garcia said of his appointment: "Visteon has significant
technical, engineering, and growing software capabilities that will
enable the company to capitalize on the industry shift toward the
connected car. I am very excited to join Visteon and help drive the
next phase of its growth."
At Halliburton, Garcia progressed through leadership roles as
senior director of corporate planning, vice president of operations
finance, senior vice president of investor relations, treasurer,
and chief accounting officer before being named acting CFO in 2015.
He also held a series of senior financial positions with Landmark
Graphics, a software and consulting provider that was acquired by
Halliburton in 1996. Prior to joining Landmark Graphics, he worked
at Bell and Howell and San Miguel
Corp. in the Philippines in
various roles.
Garcia has a bachelor's degree in business economics from the
University of the Philippines, and a
master's degree in management from Purdue
University.
About Visteon
Visteon is a global company that designs, engineers and
manufactures innovative cockpit electronics products and connected
car solutions for most of the world's major vehicle manufacturers.
Visteon is a leading provider of instrument clusters, head-up
displays, information displays, infotainment, audio systems, and
telematics solutions; its brands include Lightscape®, OpenAir® and
SmartCore™. Visteon also supplies embedded multimedia and
smartphone connectivity software solutions to the global automotive
industry. Headquartered in Van Buren
Township, Michigan, Visteon has nearly 11,000 employees at
more than 40 facilities in 18 countries. Visteon had sales of
$3.25 billion in 2015. Learn more at
www.visteon.com.
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