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J. T. Battenberg III Chief Executive Officer, President, Delphi Automotive Systems |
| Delphi has developed an organizational structure for the management of our company which utilizes a lean, multi-functional matrix approach. Our chief operating decision-making group is the Delphi Strategy Board which is comprised of the Chief Executive Officer and 20 senior executives representing all three of our product sectors as well as our world and regional headquarters staff. Each product sector is managed by a strategy board or equivalent managing committee comprised of individuals that have responsibility for the profitability and cash flow of the sector's various product lines and businesses. Our three business sectors are managed separately because of differences in the nature of the respective product groupings. |
| J. T. Battenberg III is chairman,
chief executive officer and president of Delphi Automotive Systems, the world's most
diversified automotive supplier company. He is also chairman of the Delphi Strategy Board.
Battenberg has held numerous positions at General Motors, including assembly plant superintendent of industrial engineering, comptroller, production manager and plant manager. In addition, he has served as managing director of the GM Continental Division in Belgium and was general manager of GM's overseas truck operations in England. He also served on the Opel Supervisory Board. In 1986, he was appointed GM vice president for the former Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Group's Flint luxury car division. He later served as vice president and group executive for the Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac group for four years. In 1992, he was named GM vice president and group executive of the former Automotive Components Group (ACG) Worldwide. Two years later, he was elected a GM senior vice president and president of the group. In July 1995, he was elected executive vice president of General Motors and president of Delphi Automotive Systems (formerly ACG Worldwide). Battenberg also served as a member of GM's President's Council, the top policy making group for the Company. Battenberg earned a bachelor degree in industrial engineering from Kettering University (formerly GMI), a master of business administration - operations research from Columbia University, and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. He is active in several professional and civic organizations, including the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Society of Body Engineers, the Engineering Society of Detroit, and the Executive Leadership Council, Automobile National Heritage Area. He serves on the board of trustees for Kettering University, the National Advisory Board for Chase Manhattan Corp., and the Board of Overseers at Columbia University Business School. He is a director of the Economic Club of Detroit, a member of the Executive Board of the Detroit Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, the Oakland County Automation Alley Executive Board, and the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Board of Directors. In addition, he is a member of the Council on Competitiveness, the Business Roundtable and the Business Council. Battenberg has received several industry awards during his career. Most recently, he was named the 1998 International Business Council's World Trader of the Year by the Detroit Regional Chamber. |
