Commercial Vehicle Group Announces Leadership Appointments For Global Truck & Bus Segment

Commercial Vehicle Group Announces Leadership Appointments For Global Truck & Bus Segment

Greg Boese will serve as senior vice president and managing director for GTB Seats, and Dale McKillop will serve as senior vice president and managing director for GTB Trim and Structures.

Commercial Vehicle Group - LogoCommercial Vehicle Group Inc. (CVGI) has announced the promotion of two executives as the division leaders for the Global Truck and Bus Segment (GTB). Greg Boese will serve as senior vice president and managing director for GTB Seats, and Dale McKillop will serve as senior vice president and managing director for GTB Trim and Structures.

The segment president role, formerly held by Patrick Miller prior to his November 2015 promotion to president and CEO of the company, will not be filled under this new organizational structure.

“This new organizational structure deploys two of our best proven leaders and allows for an increased focus on our GTB product growth efforts,” said Miller. “Dale and Greg bring deep experience and market knowledge to these new roles. With their appointment, we are flattening the GTB segment, resulting in greater speed and flexibility for our customers and employees.”

Boese has been with the company since 1996, serving originally as the vice president of sales and marketing for Mayflower Vehicle Systems. Since then, he has held a number of senior leadership positions in Seats, Structures and Trim, most recently as vice president and product line manager for Global Truck & Bus Seats.

McKillop joined the company in 1982 as an industrial engineer with Mayflower Vehicle Systems. Since then, he has held roles of increasing responsibility in engineering, quality and operations, most recently as the vice president and general manager for Trim & Structures.

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