LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Tenneco announced that Hari Nair has been named to the newly created position of chief operating officer (COO), effective immediately. In this role, Nair will be responsible for Tenneco’s operations globally, reporting to Gregg Sherrill, Tenneco chairman and CEO.
Nair, 50, has been serving as the company’s president, International Group, since March 2007, responsible for the company’s operations in Europe, South America, India and Asia- Pacific. He was named to Tenneco’s Board of Directors in March 2009.
"Tenneco is creating the chief operating officer position as part of our continuing effort to better serve customers by increasing global coordination and driving synergies across all our businesses," Sherrill said. "Hari has extensive global experience and has done a great job integrating our International Group operations, which accounted for 55 percent of Tenneco’s revenues in 2009. He is the right leader to meet our goal of integrating our operations by bringing together all our regions, supply chain management and manufacturing into one global organization."
The company also announced the promotion of Josep Fornos, 57, to the newly created position of senior vice president, Europe, South America and India. Fornos, who has been vice president and general manager, European original equipment (OE) emission control, since March 2007, will now have responsibility for the company’s OE and aftermarket business operations in these regions. Fornos will report to Nair and be based in Tenneco’s European headquarters in Brussels.
Also reporting to Nair will be:
•Neal Yanos, executive vice president, North America
•Michael Charlton, senior vice president, global supply chain management and manufacturing
•Patrick Guo, vice president and managing director, China
•Jeff Jarrell, vice president and managing director, Japan
•Laurence Bukoh, general manager, ASEAN and Korea
•Mike Shnier, managing director, Australia and New Zealand.
With the exception of Fornos, the current scope of responsibilities for each of Nair’s direct reports will remain unchanged. Enrique Orta, 38, will replace Fornos as vice president and general manager, European OE emission control. Orta, who had been executive director, operations, European emission control, since February, 2008, will report to Fornos and be based at the company’s European emissions control headquarters in Edenkoben, Germany.
Other than the structural changes and appointments announced, there are no further changes in existing reporting relationships to Gregg Sherrill.
