Mr. Hughes served as President & Chief Executive Officer of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., an NYSE-traded manufacturer of car, motorcycle, truck, and racing tires, from 2016 until it was sold in 2021. He previously served as Cooper s Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from January 2015 to September 2016; Senior Vice President and President-International Tire Operations from July 2014 to January 2015; Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from July 2014 to December 2014; and as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from November 2009 to July 2014. Prior to joining Cooper Tire, Mr. Hughes spent 23 years with Ford Motor Company in positions of increasing responsibility, including as Global Product Development Controller; Finance Director for South America Operations in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Director of European Business Strategy and Implementation in Cologne, Germany; and European Manufacturing Controller in Cologne. Mr. Hughes served as a Trustee Board Member for Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation from 2015 to 2019, and as an advisory board member for the Blanchard Valley Hospital System from 2010 to 2014. Mr. Hughes has also served since 2022 as an Advisory Board Member for MediView, a privately-owned medical technology company. Mr. Hughes has a BS in business from Miami University and an MBA from the University of Michigan.