ANN ARBOR, Mich. – In an effort to provide more focus on enhanced efficiency and responsive customer relationships, Affinia Group has announced it is “retooling” the company’s organization with the assignment of focused global responsibilities to presidents of Global Filtration and Global Brake & Chassis business units.
Keith Wilson will continue to serve as president, Global Filtration, while H. David Overbeeke, a senior executive with an extensive financial and management background largely with GE, has joined Affinia as president, Global Brake & Chassis. Overbeeke fills the role previously held by John Washbish, former president of Affinia’s Under Vehicle Group.
Reporting directly to Terry McCormack, president and CEO of Affinia, the two group presidents have been assigned operational, sales and financial accountability for their respective groups.
According to McCormack, the changes will create a flatter, more agile organization with executive, operations and sales management tightly aligned with the needs of market channel constituents. As an enhancement to the company’s customer-focused approach, vice presidents of sales positions have been created for Global Filtration and Global Brake & Chassis groups to direct respective field sales forces for their product lines and brands.
"Today’s market dynamics make it more important than ever that we stay as close as possible to our customers," McCormack said. "These organizational changes will improve communications throughout our supply chain. The aim is to help assure that we respond quickly and effectively to market changes for the benefit of our channel partners and customers."
A 25-year veteran of the aftermarket, Wilson has served as president and division manager of WIX filtration products and the Global Filtration Group since September 2000. Wilson has held management positions in all aspects of aftermarket manufacturing, sales and marketing.
Prior to joining Affinia, Overbeeke served as operating advisor for Oak Hill Capital Partners, a private equity firm with more than $6 billion of committed capital. Prior to Oak Hill he spent many years with GE in such diverse roles as CIO of NBC Universal, executive vice president with Digital Media and general manager of Fleet Operations at GE Aviation.
"Everything we do today is all about delivering value to our customers and channel partners through product quality, innovation and unrelenting focus on service," McCormack said. "These organizational changes reflect our ability and willingness to anticipate and stay ahead of major shifts in the business environment."
For more information about Affinia, visit: http://www.affiniagroup.com.
