LKQ CORPORATION - Key Persons
Starting September 1, 2020, the management team of LKQ Europe and Fource welcomes Alex Gelbcke, a well-known and highly respected
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of Governance / Nominating Committee
Since early 2020, Ms. McGarvie has been writing for the online journal of the National Association of Corporate Directors and providing webinars regarding corporate governance topics. She was a member of the faculty of Harvard Business School teaching in the accounting and management unit from 2012 until 2014. Prior to joining the Harvard Business School faculty, Ms. McGarvie served for ten years as Chief Executive Officer and founder of Leadership for International Finance, a global consulting firm specializing in leadership seminars for corporate and academic groups. During this period, she co-founded and served as Senior Fellow for Northwestern University's Kellogg Innovation Network and was a visiting leader at the Shanghai-based China Europe International Business School. Prior to 2003, Ms. McGarvie was Chief Financial Officer for BIC Group, a publicly-traded consumer goods company with operations in 36 countries, based in Paris, France. Prior to moving to Paris, Ms. McGarvie was Chief Financial Officer for Hannaford Bros. Co, a Fortune 500 retailing company, between 1994 and 1999. She is a member of the board of directors, and the chair of the financial policy committee, of Sonoco Products Company, a manufacturer of industrial and consumer packaging products; a member of the board of directors, and chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee, of Apple Hospitality REIT, a real estate management trust; and a member of the board of directors, and the chair of the finance committee, of privately held Wawa, Inc., a chain of convenience stores and gas stations located along the East Coast of the United States. Ms. McGarvie also served on the board of directors of Viacom Inc., a global entertainment content company, including as chairperson of the Viacom audit committee, until 2017, and was a member of the board of directors of Accenture plc, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, until 2017. Ms. McGarvie is a Certified Public Accountant and earned an MBA from Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- President
- Chairman of the Board / Lead Independent Director / Committee Chair
Mr. Zarcone became our President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2017. He was our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from March 2015 to May 2017. Prior to joining our Company, he was the Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer of Baird Financial Group, a capital markets and wealth management company, and certain of its affiliates from April 2011 to March 2015. He also served from April 2011 to March 2015 as Treasurer of Baird Funds, Inc., a family of fixed income and equity mutual funds managed by Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, a registered broker/dealer. From February 1995 to April 2011, Mr. Zarcone was a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Investment Banking department of Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated. From February 1986 to February 1995, he was with the investment banking company Kidder, Peabody & Co., Incorporated, most recently as Senior Vice President of Investment Banking. Mr. Zarcone is a member of the Board of Directors of Generac Power Systems, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of power generation equipment and engine-powered products.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Human Resources
Genevieve L. Dombrowski became our Senior Vice President of Human Resources in March 2021. Ms. Dombrowski joins us from Republic Services where she held various leadership positions within the HR function from May 2011 to February 2021, most recently serving as Vice President of Talent. Prior to Republic Services, Ms. Dombrowski worked as an HR leader for six years with Aramark in its Sports and Entertainment line of business from February 2005 to May 2011. Mrs. Dombrowski received her BS degree in Business Management from Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of Governance / Nominating Committee
Mr. Subramanian has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of LKQ Corporation since May 2022. Mr. Subramanian is currently the Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business at the Harvard Law School and the H. Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law at the Harvard Business School. He is the first person in the history of Harvard University to hold tenured appointments at both the Harvard Law School and the Harvard Business School. At the Harvard Law School, he teaches courses in negotiations and corporate law. At the Harvard Business School, he teaches in several executive education programs, including Strategic Negotiations, Changing the Game, and Making Corporate Boards More Effective. He is the faculty chair for the JD/MBA program at Harvard University, the Harvard Program of Negotiation and the Mergers & Acquisitions executive education course at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining the Harvard faculty in September 1999, Mr. Subramanian spent three years at McKinsey & Company as a consultant in their New York, Boston, and Washington, D.C. offices.
LKQ Corporation today announced it has hired Ian P. Musselman as Senior Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs. Mr. Musselman will open LKQ's Washington, D.C. office and help establish a federal government affairs presence, as well as oversee existing government affairs activities, for the company. Read More
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- European Parliament Member
LKQ Europe's sustainability agenda that aims to reduce CO2 emissions drastically and to promote sustainable and innovative logistics was the center of attention on Ertug's
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of Governance / Nominating Committee
Until 2023, Ms. Miller served as Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Talent Group, a global marketplace for top independent professionals doing project-based work, which she founded in 2007. Business Talent Group was acquired by Heidrick & Struggles in April 2021 and operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Ms. Miller is currently serving as a Senior Advisor to Business Talent Group and Heidrick & Struggles. From 2000 through 2007, Ms. Miller was a venture partner with Maveron LLC, a Seattle-based venture capital firm. From 1995 to 1999, Ms. Miller held various positions at Americast, a digital video and interactive services joint venture formed with the Walt Disney Company, including as Acting President and Chief Operating Officer. From 1993 to 1995, she served in the White House as Special Assistant to the President during the Clinton Administration; from 1990 to 1992, she was a White House Fellow at the Department of the Treasury; and from 1986 to 1987, she was the chief legal advisor to Governor Richard Riley in South Carolina. Since April 2020, Ms. Miller has served on the board of directors of Howmet Aerospace, Inc., a global provider of advanced engineering solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. Ms. Miller was a member of the board of directors of Capella Education Company, a provider of online education programs, from 2001 until its merger in August 2018 with Strayer Education, Inc. She also served on the board of directors of TRW, a global supplier of automotive systems and components to OEMs, from 2005 until its sale in 2015. She also served on the boards of the Drucker Institute and Peer Health Exchange until 2023. Ms. Miller earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from the University of Virginia.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President and CEO of LKQ Europe
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Compensation & Human Capital Committee
Mr. Mendel was the Executive Vice President, Automotive Division, of American Honda Motor Company from November 2004 until his retirement in April 2017, where he was responsible for Automotive business sales, marketing, product development, public relations, vehicle planning, logistics and distribution. Prior to Honda, he worked for Ford Motor Company from July 1976 to November 2004, including in a variety of roles related to field operations and commercial marketing across the Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brands, before serving as Chief Operating Officer of Mazda America from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Mendel is a member of the board of directors of TrueCar, Inc., an operator of a digital automotive marketplace. He received a B.A. in business and economics from Austin College and an M.B.A. from Duke University.
Mr. Holsten served as our Chairman of the Board from November 2011 to May 2022, was appointed Executive Chairman in March 2017, and became Chair Emeritus in May 2022. Mr. Holsten joined us in November 1998 as our President and Chief Executive Officer. He was elected to our Board of Directors in February 1999. In November 2010, Mr. Holsten was appointed as Vice Chairman of our Board of Directors. In January 2011, his officer position changed to Co-Chief Executive Officer as part of his transition to retirement. He retired from his officer position in January 2012. Prior to joining us, Mr. Holsten held various positions of increasing responsibility with the North American and International operations of Waste Management, Inc. for approximately 17 years. From February 1997 until July 1998, Mr. Holsten served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Waste Management, Inc. From July 1995 until February 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Waste Management International, plc where his responsibility was to streamline operating activities. Prior to working for Waste Management, Mr. Holsten was a staff auditor at a public accounting firm. Mr. Holsten previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Covanta Holding Corporation, a company in the energy-from-waste, profiled waste and ferrous metals business, and served on Covanta's Finance Committee and chaired its Supply Chain and Public Policy Committee. Covanta delisted by way of sale to EQT Infrastructure in November 2021. In January 2017, he was elected to the Board of Directors of MEKO AB, an automotive spare parts chain in the Nordic region, of which we own approximately 26.6%. Mr. Holsten serves on the MEKO audit committee.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Investor Relations
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Operations
- President - Wholesale North America Operations
Justin L. Jude became our Senior Vice President of Operations - Wholesale Parts Division in July 2015. Mr. Jude has been with us since February 2004 in various roles, including from March 2008 to February 2011 as Vice President - Supply Chain, from February 2011 to May 2014 as Vice President - Information Systems (North America), and from June 2014 to July 2015 as President of Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc., our specialty automotive business. Mr. Jude has been in the Company's industry for over 18 years.
Matthew J. McKay - Chief Legal Officer, Secretary, SVP
Job Titles:
- Corporate Secretary
- General Counsel
- Senior Vice President
Matthew J. McKay became our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in March 2021. Prior thereto, he served as our Associate General Counsel from December 2007 to May 2016 and Senior Vice President of Human Resources from June 2016 to March 2021. Prior to joining us, Mr. McKay served as a law clerk for Judge William Bauer at the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Compensation & Human Capital Committee
Ms. Divitto co-founded The Mobility Collaboration Corp. in 2020, which focuses on the mobility of the person, the future of mobility and the accompanying business models. Since May 2013, she also has been the principal of Divitto Design Group, a consulting company that serves start-ups and start-overs and engages in design thinking in the Internet of Things (IoT). Prior thereto, she worked for IBM Corporation in a variety of roles, including most recently as Vice President, IoT Future Solutions and Technologies (including responsibility for the IBM connected vehicle program) from September 2002 until she retired in May 2015. Ms. Divitto also held executive and engineering positions with Delphi Product & Service Solutions from February 2002 to September 2002 as a Product Executive in the aftermarket sector; with Motorola Solutions, Inc. from June 1994 to February 2002 in a variety of roles culminating as Product Director with a focus on telematics; and with General Motors as a System Engineer from June 1989 to June 1994. Ms. Divitto received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the General Motors Engineering and Management Institute and an M.A. in Engineering Management from the University of Michigan.
Job Titles:
- Controller
- Vice President - Finance
Michael S. Clark has been our Vice President-Finance and Controller since February 2011. Prior thereto, he served as our Assistant Controller since May 2008. Prior to joining our Company, he was the SEC Reporting Manager of FMC Technologies, Inc., a global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry, from December 2004 to May 2008. Before joining FMC Technologies, Mr. Clark, a certified public accountant, worked in public accounting for more than eight years, leaving as a Senior Manager in the audit practice of Deloitte & Touche.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President - Global Chief Information Officer
Michael T. Brooks joined LKQ as Senior Vice President - Global Chief Information Officer in February 2020. Michael comes to us from GATX, a global railcar leasing company, where during a twelve-year period he held various senior management positions including Chief Information Officer and Chief Operations Officer. Prior to GATX, Michael served as Chief Information Officer for Constellation NewEnergy, a competitive retail energy company. Mr. Brooks also spent over ten years in consulting focusing on process improvement and systems implementations with firms such as Accenture and Oracle. Mr. Brooks received his BA in Economics from the University of Georgia and his MBA from The American University in Washington, D.C.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Compensation & Human Capital Committee
- Member of Governance / Nominating Committee
In February 2023, Mr. Berard joined the board of directors of ThyssenKrupp AG, a publicly traded German industrial engineering and steel production multinational conglomerate. Mr. Berard was the Chief Executive Officer and Director from July 2016 through August 2021 of Rexel Group, a Paris-based worldwide company in the professional multichannel distribution of electrical products and services for the energy world. He joined Rexel in 2003 as Senior Vice President of Rexel France, becoming Senior Vice President for Southern Europe (France, Italy, Spain and Portugal) in 2007, and then assuming additional responsibility for Belgium and Luxembourg in 2013. He was appointed Senior Vice President Europe in 2015. Before joining Rexel, Mr. Berard held a variety of leadership positions for European businesses including CEO of Pinault Bois & Matériaux (a distributor of building materials) from 2002 to 2003, Chief Operating Officer at Antalis (a distributor of paper and packaging solutions) from 1999 to 2001, Group Vice-President of Europe and a member of the Executive Committee of Kodak Polychrome Graphics (a manufacturer of graphic arts printing equipment) from 1988 to 1999, Strategic Development Director for Industry and Engineering at Thomson SARL in 1987, and seven years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. Mr. Berard holds a PhD in economics from the University of Grenoble.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Senior Vice President
Rick Galloway became our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2022. Mr. Galloway was our Chief Financial Officer of our Wholesale - North America and Self Service segments from July 2019 to September 2022. Prior to joining LKQ, Mr. Galloway held various positions at Alcoa Corporation from 2010 to 2019, including Chief Financial Officer of Alcoa's Engineered Products and Solutions division, a business that consisted of 97 manufacturing facilities across the globe. Mr. Galloway began his career in public accounting with Grant Thornton as an auditor with clients in various fields, including manufacturing, oil and gas, non-profit, and government.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of LKQ Europe
Varun Laroyia became our Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of LKQ Europe in September 2022. Previously, Mr. Laroyia was our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from October 2017 to September 2022. Prior to joining us, he was the Chief Financial Officer of CBRE's Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) business since 2015, following CBRE's acquisition of the GWS business from Johnson Controls Inc. ("JCI"), where he was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Information Technology since 2013. From 2006 to 2013, Mr. Laroyia held various positions of increasing responsibility at JCI including Group Vice President of Global Audit and Vice President of Finance and Administration for its Building Efficiency business across Europe and Africa. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Laroyia held various positions at Gateway, Inc., including Vice President and Controller based in the U.S. and Finance Director for the United Kingdom and Ireland. Prior to Gateway, he was with General Electric in the U.S. and then GE Capital in London, U.K. Mr. Laroyia started his career at KPMG in London. Mr. Laroyia is a member of the Board of Directors of Univar Solutions, Inc., a global distributor of chemical products and related services.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Development
Walter P. Hanley joined us in December 2002 as our Vice President of Development, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary. In December 2005, he became our Senior Vice President of Development. Mr. Hanley served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Emerald Casino, Inc., an owner of a license to operate a riverboat casino in the State of Illinois, from June 1999 until August 2002. Mr. Hanley served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Blue Chip Casino, Inc., an owner and operator of a riverboat gaming vessel in Michigan City, Indiana, from July 1996 until November 1999. Mr. Hanley served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Flynn Enterprises, Inc. from May 1995 until February 1998 and as Associate General Counsel of Discovery Zone, Inc. from March 1993 until May 1995. Prior to March 1993, Mr. Hanley practiced corporate and securities law with the law firm of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP (now known as K&L Gates LLP) in Chicago, Illinois.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Compensation & Human Capital Committee
Mr. Urbain was the Group Chief Executive Officer from January 2014 to May 2019 of Switzerland-based CEVA Logistics, a leading supply chain company that provides end-to-end design, implementation and operational solutions in freight and transportation management, contract logistics and distribution. Prior to CEVA Logistics, Mr. Urbain held leadership positions in the global third party logistics industry, as a member of the Executive Board of Switzerland based Kuehne & Nagel, as a member of the Executive Board and the Board of Directors of UK-based Hays PLC and as CEO of Hays Logistics, and as Chief Executive Officer of ACR. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of Socotec and is the current Chairman of the Board of Netherlands-based Caldic B.V.