TROY, MI — ArvinMeritor announced that Steven Rothmeier, chairman and CEO of Great Northern Capital, and Andrew Schindler, chairman of Reynolds American Inc., have been elected to the ArvinMeritor board of directors.

Rothmeier founded Great Northern Capital, based in St. Paul, Minn., in 1993, after serving as president of a Twin Cities venture capital and merchant banking firm. Before that, he was with Northwest Airlines. Rothmeier began his career with Northwest in 1973 as a corporate financial analyst — later to become director of economic planning in the Regulatory Proceedings Division. At Northwest, he went on to serve as vice president of finance and treasurer; executive vice president of finance and administration; CFO; and president and COO. He was named chairman and CEO of NWA, Inc. and the airline in 1985.

Schindler is chairman of Reynolds American, the parent company of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company, Lane Limited and R.J. Reynolds Global Products, Inc., which was established in July 2004. He joined R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. in 1974. After a series of positions of increasing responsibility he was named director of manufacturing for Nabisco Foods Co. in 1987. Returning to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco in 1988 as vice president of personnel, Schindler moved to operations the following year and, in 1994, was named president and COO. The next year, he became president and CEO, and, in 1999, was named chairman, president and CEO of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.

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