Lisle, Ill., USA - March 8, 2013, Lisle, Ill., USA - Navistar International Corporation, a manufacturer of commercial vehicles, announced the appointment of Troy A. Clarke as president and chief executive officer of Navistar, effective April 15, 2013.
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Mr. Clarke, currently the company's president and chief operating officer, will also join the board. Prior to serving as president and COO of Navistar, Mr. Clarke served as president of Navistar Asia Pacific.
He joined Navistar in January 2010 after a distinguished 35-year career at General Motors, where he held numerous leadership positions, including president of General Motors North America, president and managing director of GM's Mexico operation, vice president of manufacturing and labor relations, and president of GM Asia Pacific.
Mr. Clarke has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from General Motors Institute, as well as an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.
Mr. Clarke is a member of the board of directors of Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and supplier of alternative fuel components and systems for use in transportation and industrial applications.
At the same time, Lewis B. Campbell, who has served as executive chairman and interim CEO since August 2012, will step down from those positions and from the board.
Prior to joining Navistar, Mr. Campbell served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Textron Inc., a multi-industry company operating a global network of aircraft, defense and intelligence, industrial and finance businesses.
He retired as chief executive officer from Textron in December 2009 and continued as non-executive chairman until he retired from the board in August 2010.
Mr. Campbell was named CEO of Textron in July 1998 and appointed chairman in February 1999.
He served as president and chief operating officer from January 1994 to July 1998, and reassumed the post of president from September 2001 to January 2009.
He joined Textron in September 1992 as executive vice president and chief operating officer after a 24-year career at General Motors, where he held a number of key management positions.
Mr. Campbell earned a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Duke University and attended the Advanced General Management Program sponsored by GM in Vevey, Switzerland.
Mr. Campbell currently serves on the board of directors of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a global biopharmaceutical company, where he has been lead independent director since 2008.
He is also a board member of Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. a global industrial technology company that develops and manufactures sensors and controls.
James H. Keyes, who has served as a board member since 2002, will become non-executive chairman, also effective April 15.
Mr. Keyes retired as chairman of the board of Johnson Controls, Inc., an automotive system and facility management and control company, in 2003, a position he had held since 1993.
He served as chief executive officer of Johnson Controls, Inc. from 1988 until 2002. He is a director of Pitney Bowes, Inc. and is a member of the board of trustees of Fidelity Mutual Funds.
Mr. Keyes was also a director of LSI Logic Corporation, an electronics company that designs semiconductors and software that accelerate storage and networking in datacenters and mobile networks, from 1983 until 2008. ■