Member, Timken Board of Directors

 

John P. Reilly, 68, retired as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Figgie International, an international diversified operating company, in 1998.  He has more than 30 years of experience in the automotive industry, where he has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of a number of automotive suppliers, including Stant Corporation and Tenneco Automotive.  He has also held leadership positions at the former Chrysler Corporation and Navistar International and has served as President of Brunswick Corporation.  His hands-on experience in the automotive industry provides our Board with a key resource in a significant sector in which we compete.  He also brings his knowledge of financial and human resource issues gained through his 40 years of successful executive leadership to his role on the Board.  He has served on the Board of Directors since 2006.  Mr. Reilly also serves as a director and non-executive chairman of both Exide Technologies and Material Sciences Corporation, and he has been a director of each of those companies since 2004.