Eric P. Sills
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer & President
Mr. Sills has served as a director of the Company and our Chief Executive Officer since March 2016, and as our President since February 2015. In May 2023, Mr. Sills was appointed the Chairman of the Board of the Company. Prior to serving as our President, Mr. Sills served as our Vice President Global Operations from 2013 to 2015, and our Vice President Engine Management Division from 2006 to 2013. From 1991 to 2006, Mr. Sills served in various capacities in our Company, including as General Manager – LIC Operations, Director of Product Management, and Plant Manager – Oxygen Sensor Business Unit. Mr. Sills has completed an Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, and holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Bowdoin College.
Mr. Sills’ qualifications to serve as a director include his extensive knowledge of our business and its operations, and the experience that he has acquired throughout his career, having served in a variety of senior management positions across our organization and as an executive officer. In addition, we believe Mr. Sills’ qualifications to serve as a director include his and his family’s significant ownership interest in the Company, which serves to align his interests with the interests of our other shareholders, and the fact that he represents the fourth generation of the Sills family which established the Company in 1919.