Leadership

Meet the teams that drive our innovation and success. Select from the filter buttons below to view key leadership members by group.

Amy S. Evans
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Amy joined Hexcel in December 2020 as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer. Prior to joining the company, she served as the Vice...

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Ben Lei
Vice President and Treasurer

Ben joined Hexcel in January 2023 as Vice President and Treasurer. Before joining the company, he had been Vice President and Treasurer at Ingersoll...

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Catherine A. Suever
Retired Executive Vice President – Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Parker Hannifin Corporation

Ms. Suever was Executive Vice President – Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer (April 2017 - December 2020) at Parker...

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Cynthia M. Egnotovich
Retired President – Aerospace Systems Customer Service, United Technologies Corporation

Ms. Egnotovich served as President, Aerospace Systems Customer Service of United Technologies Corporation (“UTC”) from July 2012 to...

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Don Morrison
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Don Morrison is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Don joined Hexcel in 2007 as Director, U.S. Information Technology and later...

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Dr. Patricia A. Hubbard
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Cabot Corporation

Dr. Hubbard is the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Cabot Corporation, a specialty chemicals and performance materials company,...

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Gail E. Lehman
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Gail Lehman is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. She joined Hexcel in 2017 after working at Noranda Aluminum Holding...

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Gina Fitzsimons
Executive Vice President, Chief HR and Communications Officer

Gina Fitzsimons is Executive Vice President, Chief HR and Communications Officer at Hexcel. Before joining Hexcel in June 2019, Gina spent 10 years...

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Guy C. Hachey
Retired President and Chief Operating Officer, Bombardier Aerospace, Inc.

Mr. Hachey served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Bombardier Aerospace, Inc., an aircraft manufacturer, from May 2008 to July 2014....

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James J. Cannon
President and Chief Executive Officer, AM General

Mr. Cannon is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AM General, a heavy vehicle and contract automotive manufacturer, a position he has held...

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Jeffrey C. Campbell
Retired Vice Chairman & Chief Financial Officer, American Express Company

Mr. Campbell is the former Vice Chairman and former Chief Financial Officer of the American Express Company, a global services company. Before...

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John Albritton
Senior Vice President - Integrated Supply Chain

John Albritton is Senior Vice President – Integrated Supply Chain. John joined Hexcel in September 2023 and leads our global Operations, Supply...

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Nick L. Stanage
Executive Chairman

Nick Stanage is the former Chairman, CEO and President of Hexcel. He became Executive Chairman on May 1, 2024 after announcing plans for his...

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Patrick Winterlich
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Patrick Winterlich is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Patrick joined Hexcel in 1998 and has held roles of increasing...

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Philippe Chevrier
President – Americas & Global Fibers

Philippe Chevrier is President – Americas & Global Fibers at Hexcel. Before joining Hexcel in January 2023, Philippe held various...

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Thierry Merlot
President, Aerospace -- Europe, MEA/AP & Industrial

Thierry Merlot is President, Aerospace – Europe, MEA/AP & Industrial. Thierry was working with Ciba-Geigy when the company merged with...

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Thomas A. Gendron
Retired Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Woodward, Inc.

Mr. Gendron is the former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Woodward, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and service provider of energy...

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Tom C. Gentile
Chief Executive Officer and President

Tom Gentile became Chief Executive Officer & President of Hexcel Corporation on May 1, 2024 and was elected to the Board of Directors on May 2....

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In February 2021, the board of directors affirmatively determined that each member of the audit, compensation, and nominating, governance, and sustainability committees meets the director independence requirements of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange. Also, each member of the audit committee has been deemed financially literate and meets the financial literacy requirements of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and satisfies the additional independence requirements for audit committee members required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Furthermore, the board of directors has determined that directors Jeffrey C. Campbell and Catherine A. Suever are audit committee financial experts under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Shareholders and other interested parties may contact the non-management members of the board or the presiding director by sending their concerns to: Board of Directors, c/o Corporate Secretary, Hexcel Corporation, Two Stamford Plaza, 281 Tresser Boulevard, Stamford, CT 06901; e-mail address corporatesecretary@hexcel.com. The corporate secretary will review all communications and forward them to the presiding director. The corporate secretary may, however, filter out communications that do not relate to our business activities, operations or our public disclosures, but will maintain a record of these communications and make them available to the presiding director. Any communications received by the presiding director regarding concerns relating to accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters will be immediately brought to the attention of the audit committee and will be handled in accordance with the procedures established by the audit committee to address these matters.

The board of directors has established three standing committees: audit committee; compensation committee; and nominating, governance, and sustainability committee. You may view a copy of the charters of the committees of the board by clicking the links below on this page. You may also obtain a copy by contacting Investor Relations manager at Hexcel Corporation, Two Stamford Plaza, 281 Tresser Boulevard, Stamford, CT 06901, or at (203) 352-6826.

In February 2021, the board of directors affirmatively determined that each member of the audit, compensation, and nominating, governance, and sustainability committees meets the director independence requirements of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange. Also, each member of the audit committee has been deemed financially literate and meets the financial literacy requirements of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and satisfies the additional independence requirements for audit committee members required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Furthermore, the board of directors has determined that directors Jeffrey C. Campbell and Catherine E. Suever are audit committee financial experts under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.