AUBURN HILLS, Mich.,
Oct. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- BorgWarner Inc. announced today that Nelda J. Connors and David S. Haffner have been named to its Board of
Directors.
"We are pleased to welcome Nelda and David to BorgWarner's Board
of Directors," said Alexis P. Michas, non-executive chairman
of the board of BorgWarner. "Nelda is a recognized business leader
with significant expertise in operations, financial management,
quality, engineering and business strategy. Her knowledge of public
company matters is a great complement to our Board. David has
extensive experience managing the operations of an international
public company and provides the Board with experience in
manufacturing operations, labor relations, compensation strategy,
and financial performance."
Ms. Connors is the founder, Chairwoman and Chief Executive
Officer of Pine Grove Holdings, LLC, a woman- and minority-owned
privately held investment company that acquires lower middle market
companies with a high engineering and service component. The
investments are primarily focused in power generation, specialty
logistics and transportation, SAAS and advanced materials. Prior to
founding Pine Grove Holdings, LLC, Ms. Connors served as President
and Chief Executive Officer of Atkore International Inc., formerly
the Electrical and Metal Products division of Tyco International.
Prior to joining Tyco, she served as Vice President at Eaton
Corporation, a global electrical and automotive supplier, where she
held several positions in operations, continuous improvement, and
general management. Earlier in her career, Ms. Connors was employed
in several senior executive and management capacities in the
automotive industry with profit and loss responsibility.
Ms. Connors earned both undergraduate and graduate mechanical
engineering degrees from the University of
Dayton with post-graduate studies at the University of Tokyo in International Finance and
Economics. She also serves as a director of Baker Hughes Company,
Boston Scientific Corporation, and Enersys.
Mr. Haffner retired as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Leggett & Platt, Inc., a
diversified manufacturing company, in 2015. Mr. Haffner previously
served as Chairman of the Board in 2013, Chief Executive Officer in
2006 and President in 2002. Prior to that, he served as Chief
Operating Officer and as Executive Vice President of Leggett &
Platt.
Mr. Haffner holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the
University of Missouri and a master's
degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He also completed
the Engineering Executive Program at Stanford
University.
Ms. Connors and Mr. Haffner join BorgWarner's board of directors
from the Delphi Technologies board of directors. Earlier today,
BorgWarner announced the close of the acquisition transaction of
Delphi Technologies, which was first announced in January 2020.
About BorgWarner
BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) is a
global product leader in clean and efficient technology solutions
for combustion, hybrid and electric vehicles. With manufacturing
and technical facilities in 99 locations in 24 countries, the
company employs approximately 48,000 worldwide. For more
information, please visit borgwarner.com.
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