Board of Directors

Bill Presley is President and Chief Executive Officer of Gentherm, the global market leader and developer of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies. Bill joined Gentherm in January 2025 and serves on the Company’s Board of Directors.

As President and CEO, Bill leads more than 14,000 employees in 13 countries, where he is responsible for the strategic direction and operational leadership of the company. He is leading the company's quest to strengthen the core business and growth initiatives in adjacent markets centered on the company's core technology platforms of Thermal Management, Air Moving Devices, Pneumatic Solutions, and Valve Systems.

Bill joined Gentherm from Aptiv PLC, where he served as Vice Chairman, Chief Operating Officer and President for Aptiv’s Signal & Power Solutions Segment (S&PS). Under his leadership, he was responsible for $20 billion in revenue and oversaw more than 160,000 global employees in 40 countries across 140 facilities and 7 technical centers.

Prior to joining Aptiv in 2019, Bill held various positions of increasing responsibility at Lear Corporation including Global Vice President of the Wire & Component Business Unit and Global Vice President of Engineering from 2008-2019. Bill began his career at Chrysler Corporation where he worked in multiple functional areas including Systems & Component Engineering, Product Design Studios and Vehicle Development.

Bill graduated from Norwich Military University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and holds a Master of Engineering degree with a concentration in Electromagnetic Physics from the University of Detroit and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Oakland University. Bill served in the U.S. Army and Michigan National Guard as a member of the Field Artillery between 1988 and 2001 in various leadership positions.

Sophie Desormiére has served as a director of the Company since 2012. Ms. Desormière is the former Chief Growth Officer of Aliaxis Group SA/, a global leader in advanced piping solutions for water and energy, and served as interim CEO, India.

As the former Chief Growth Officer, Ms. Desormière was responsible for product strategy, business strategy and models for accelerating growth and achieving sustainable performance, and marketing, all in support of Aliaxis’ Growth with Purpose strategy. Previously in 2022, she was Chief Executive Officer of NAVYA, an autonomous mobility systems company. Prior to joining NAVYA, Ms. Desormière served as the Chief Executive Officer of AALPS Capital, a private equity management company based in France.

Immediately prior to joining AALPS Capital in 2018, Ms. Desormiére was General Manager Marketing and Sales and Senior Executive Vice-President at Solvay, a Belgium-based developer of specialty chemicals starting in 2010. Previously, Ms. Desormiére spent 17 years in increasingly responsible positions at Valeo, an independent industrial group focused on the design, production and sale of components, integrated systems and modules for the automotive industry, including Research & Development Product Line Director, Branch Marketing Innovation Director, Group Product Marketing Director and Comfort Enhancement Domain Director. Ms. Desormière is a member of the Board of Somfy S.A., which was publicly traded prior to becoming a private company in 2022.

Ms. Desormiére is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, the Institut de Formation du Caoutchouc and the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.

David Heinzmann has served as director for the Company since August 2020. Mr. Heinzmann served as President and CEO of Littelfuse, Inc, a global manufacturer of leading technologies in circuit protection, power control and sensing, from 2017 until his retirement in 2025.

Mr. Heinzmann began his career with Littelfuse in 1985 as a manufacturing engineer and has held positions of increasing responsibility, including Vice President, Global Operations from 2007 to 2013 and Chief Operating Officer from 2014 to 2016. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Pulse Electronics Corporation from 2014 until its acquisition by Oaktree Capital Management in 2015.

Heinzmann holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology and is a graduate of Stanford Directors’ College at Stanford University Law School and AeA/Stanford Executive Institute at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Ronald Hundzinski has served as a director of the Company since 2016. Mr. Hundzinski served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of TI Fluid Systems until his retirement in April 2023. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President, Finance, of Tenneco since January 2019. From 2012 to 2018, Mr. Hundzinski was the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of BorgWarner Inc. During his career with BorgWarner, he held a range of finance leadership positions including Treasurer, Principal Accounting Officer, and Vice President of Finance for the BorgWarner Turbo Systems business.

Mr. Hundzinski holds a B.B.A. in finance from Western Michigan University and an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado.

Laura Kowalchik has served as a director of the Company since 2023. She is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Methode Electronics, Inc., a leading global supplier of custom-engineered solutions for user interface, LED lighting system and power distribution applications, where she leads the finance department and is responsible for driving profitable transformation. Prior to Methode Electronics, Kowalchik served as the Chief Financial Officer of Communications & Power Industries LLC (“CPI”), a global manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems primarily within the communications and defense markets. Before CPI, Kowalchik served as the Chief Financial Officer of Dayco Incorporated, a global manufacturer and distributor of engine drive systems and aftermarket services for automotive, heavy-duty, and industrial markets. She served as the Chief Financial Officer of Kenwal Steel Corp., a flat rolled steel service center primarily for the automotive industry prior to Dayco Incorporated. Kowalchik served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Urban Science, a global automotive consultancy and technology firm, prior to joining Kenwal Steel.

Kowalchik currently serves on the Board of Trustees of The Children’s Foundation, and its Finance and Audit Committee. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond and a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University.

Charles Kummeth has served as a director of the Company since August 2018. Mr. Kummeth served as President and CEO of Bio-Techne Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of high-quality purified proteins, antibodies, immunoassays and instruments for biomedical researchers and clinical research laboratories, from 2013 until his retirement in 2025.

Prior to joining Bio-Techne, Mr. Kummeth served as President of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and was President of the Laboratory Consumables Division from 2009 to 2013. Prior to joining Thermo Fisher, he served in various roles during his 24-year career at 3M Corporation, most recently as the Vice President of the company's Medical Division from 2006 to 2008.

Mr. Kummeth received a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of St. Thomas and a Master of Business Administration from the Carlson School of Business at the University of Minnesota. He is a graduate of the University of North Dakota, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

Betsy Meter has served as a director for the Company since January 2021. She was the Michigan Managing Partner at KPMG LLP, a global firm that provides audit, tax and advisory services, from February 2018 until her retirement in December 2020. Ms. Meter served as the Partner-in-Charge of Audit for Michigan from 2013 to 2017, in addition to her role as an Audit Partner for 24 years. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for VSP Global, Automotive Hall of Fame, and is the Chairwoman of Oakland Family Services, Inc. She is a former board member of the Detroit Economic Club, Detroit Regional Chamber, Downtown Detroit Partnership, and the former chairperson of the Michigan Association of CPA’s. Ms. Meter holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Michigan State University. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and received an Honorary Doctor of Law degree from Walsh College.

John Stacey has served as a director of the Company since May 2018. In 2026, Mr. Stacey assumed the role of Chief Human Resources Officer of Topcon Healthcare, Inc., returning to an executive leadership position.

Mr. Stacey served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Harman International Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., from 2008 until his retirement from that role in 2022. Following his executive retirement, he continued to serve as Special Advisor to Harman until 2025.

Previously, Mr. Stacey served in various senior human resources positions with Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV from 1990 to 2008, including, most recently, as Vice President, People for InBev North America and InBev Central and Eastern Europe from 2005 through January 2008. Mr. Stacey currently serves as a director on the Board of Powell Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: POWL), where he is a member of the compensation committee and the nominating and governance committee.

Mr. Stacey received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Dr. Ken Washington has served as a director of the Company since 2023. Dr. Washington served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of Medtronic plc, a global healthcare technology company that provides device-based medical therapies and services, until his retirement in 2025. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Software Engineering, Consumer Robotics for Amazon Lab126, a premier innovation hub and subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. Prior to joining Amazon Lab126, Dr. Washington held varying positions at Ford Motor Company, including serving as Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Washington worked at Lockhead Martin Corporation as Vice President of the Advanced Technology Center and its first Chief Privacy Officer. He has also served for approximately 21 years in various roles at Sandia National Laboratories, including as Chief Information Officer. Dr. Washington previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of McKesson Corporation from July 2019 to October 2021.

Dr. Washington earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M University. He was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in 2020 and was inducted into the Black Engineer Hall of Fame in 2023.