TOLEDO, Ohio — Dana Holding Corp. has appointed James Yost, 59, as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective May 22. Yost comes to Dana from Hayes Lemmerz International, where he most recently served as executive vice president and chief financial officer with responsibility for the automotive supplier’s global financial and information technology functions.

"Gary Convis and I are pleased to welcome such a highly respected industry financial leader to our team," said Dana Executive Chairman John Devine. "We look forward to capitalizing on Jim’s experience and strategic perspective."

"I’m excited to join the Dana team and to have an opportunity to play such a meaningful role in the company’s continued resurgence," Yost added. Yost succeeds Kenneth Hiltz, who served as the company’s chief financial officer during its Chapter 11 reorganization and recent emergence.

Yost joined Hayes Lemmerz in 2002 after 27 years at Ford Motor Co., from which he retired in 2001 as vice president of corporate strategy. At Ford, he also held positions as vice president and chief information officer, executive director of corporate finance, general auditor and executive director of finance process and systems development, finance director of Ford Europe and controller of Autolatina (South America).

Yost earned a bachelor of engineering science degree in computer science from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. He also earned a masters of business administration degree in finance from the University of Chicago.

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