CLEVELAND – Eaton Corp. has appointed Trent Meyerhoefer as senior vice president, treasury, effective Aug. 1. Meyerhoefer will report to Richard Fearon, Eaton vice chairman and chief financial and planning officer, and will be responsible for treasury activities, including capital market and foreign exchange transactions, insurance and cash management.
 
“Trent has broad experience in treasury and has been instrumental in executing the financing strategies we have used to fund Eaton’s growth over the past five years,” said Fearon. “I am confident he will do an exceptional job in his new role leading our treasury team.”
 
Most recently, Meyerhoefer served as vice president and assistant treasurer, global treasury. He joined Eaton in 1995 as a corporate development manager and has held positions of increasing responsibility since then, including manager of strategic planning; director of business development, electrical sector; director of corporate planning; and director of capital markets. Prior to joining Eaton, he worked for Anderson Consulting.
 
Meyerhoefer holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Albion College in Michigan and a master’s degree in business administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.