Matthew J. Simoncini

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Matthew J. Simoncini is President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Lear Corporation effective September 1, 2011.  In this role, Simoncini is responsible for the strategic direction and operational leadership of the Company. 

Formerly, Simoncini was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lear Corporation, a role he had held since September 2007.  As SVP and CFO, he was responsible for Lear's global Finance operations, including external Financial Reporting, Corporate Business Planning & Analysis, Corporate Strategy and Business Development as well as Information Technology activities worldwide.

In August 2006, he was named Senior Vice President of Global Finance and Chief Accounting Officer where he was responsible for Lear's worldwide operational finance, accounting and financial reporting. Prior to that, he was Vice President of global Finance, a position he had held since June 2004.

Simoncini also served as Lear's Vice President of Finance - Europe as well as holding the Vice President of Finance position for Lear's Electrical & Electronics business and DaimlerChrysler division. Simoncini joined Lear (from United Technologies Automotive) in April 1996 as Director of Finance for the Motors Division with responsibility for the financial activities of the business unit. At the time of Lear's acquisition of UTA, Simoncini was Director of Financial Planning & Analysis.  Previous to UTA, Simoncini held financial and manufacturing positions with Varity Kelsey Hayes and Horizon Enterprises including Chief Financial Officer of Kelsey Hayes’ European Operations. Simoncini began his career at Touche Ross and is a certified public accountant.

Terry Larkin

Executive Vice President, Business Development and General Counsel

Terrence (Terry) B. Larkin is executive vice president, business development and general counsel, a position he has held since November 2011. In this position, he holds responsibility for Lear's business development and legal and regulatory matters globally. In addition, Larkin oversees Lear's internal audit and compliance functions. He previously served as the Company's senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary since January 2008.

Mr. Larkin graduated from Michigan State University with high honors and a Bachelor of Arts in finance. Shortly after, he received his J.D. cum laude from Wayne State University Law School where he served as an editor of the Wayne Law Review. Upon graduation, Mr. Larkin began a 28-year career with the business law firm based in Detroit, Bodman PLC.

Mr. Larkin was named a partner at Bodman in 1986 and thereafter was appointed as a member of Bodman's Executive Committee, the managing partner of Bodman's office in Troy, Michigan, and chairman of the firm's Business Law Practice Group.

He serves as a board member of Kelly Services, Inc., Life Directions and the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce. He is also a fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation.

Ray Scott

Executive Vice President and President, Seating

Ray Scott was named executive vice president of Lear Corporation and president of Lear's seating division.  In this position, he is responsible for implementing global initiatives to further grow and diversify sales for the seating division, accelerate product innovation efforts, improve financial results and sustain world-class competitiveness.

Since joining Lear in 1988, Scott has held a series of increasingly responsible positions at Lear, both in Europe and in the U.S. He has held a variety of senior level positions such as president of Lear's European Customer Focused Division, president of the General Motors and Fiat Customer Focused Divisions, vice president and general manager of Lear GM-Europe, vice president of Operations for Lear-Saab, and sales director for Lear's GM Division. Prior to his current position, Scott was named senior vice president of Lear Corporation in August 2005, and president of Lear's North American Seating Systems in September 2006.

Scott earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Michigan. He has also earned a master of business administration degree from Michigan State University's Advanced Management Program.

Jeffrey H. Vanneste

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Jeffrey H. Vanneste is Senior Vice President , Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Company's Executive Council. He is responsible for Lear's global financial strategy and financial activities, including Accounting, Financial Transactions and Controls, Financial Reporting, Corporate Business Planning & Analysis, Treasury and Tax matters worldwide.

Prior to joining Lear, Mr. Vanneste served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for International Automotive Components Group (IAC). Jeff joined IAC in March 2007 as Chief Financial Officer for IAC North America. In January 2011, he was elevated to EVP and CFO of IAC's global operations.

Prior to joining IAC, Mr. Vanneste was with Lear Corporation in positions of increasing responsibility over 15 plus years including: Vice President of Finance, European Operations, Vice President of Corporate Business Planning and Analysis, Vice President of Finance, Seating and Vice President of Finance for the Ford and GM Divisions.

Vanneste joined Lear in October 1991 as controller of the Detroit plant. Before joining Lear, he was assistant controller for Champagne-Webber, Inc. in Fraser, Mich. and prior to that was an audit senior at Cooper & Lybrand in Detroit, Mich.

Vanneste received a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan and a Master of Business Administration degree from Michigan State University.