The ATC Drivetrain board of directors announced that Greg Heald has joined the company as president and CEO and also will serve as a member of the board. Heald has extensive global automotive industry experience and was most recently based in Shanghai, China, with Joyson Safety Systems (Key Safety Systems). Key Safety Systems was previously a portfolio company of Crestview Partners, ATC Drivetrain’s majority owner.

During his 20 years with Key Safety Systems, Heald served in a variety of global leadership positions with responsibilities in North America, Europe and Asia. Prior to Key Safety Systems, Heald started his career at Ford Motor Co. working in finance and purchasing.

Commenting on his new appointment, Heald stated, “I am excited to be joining the outstanding team at ATC Drivetrain and to have the opportunity to partner with Crestview again. Together, we will seek to build on ATC’s successful 80-year history in providing remanufacturing services to the automotive industry by broadening our product offerings and the geographic regions that we serve to create a global market leader.”

“The board of directors could not be more thrilled to have Greg join the ATC team as our new CEO,” said ATC Drivetrain Chairman John Weber. “Greg has a demonstrated track record of success throughout his career and is the right executive to lead ATC into the future.”

Alex Rose, partner of Crestview and co-head of the firm’s industrials strategy said, “Greg is an outstanding leader who we worked closely with during our ownership of Key Safety Systems. We’ve seen Greg grow and globalize businesses firsthand and the skillset that he brings to ATC is the perfect fit to enable us to execute our strategic growth plans.”