Rod A. Lache has been a director of the Company since August 2024. In July 2024, Mr. Lache retired from Wolfe Research, LLC, where he had served as a Managing Director and Senior Analyst covering the automotive sector since 2018. Mr. Lache began his career in 1992 as an analyst at Banca IMI Securities Corporation (formerly Mabon Securities). He then joined Deutsche Bank, where he worked for 24 years and held positions of increasing responsibility, including Managing Director and Senior Analyst, covering the U.S. automotive sector. Over the course of his career, Mr. Lache has consistently been ranked by institutional investors and automotive executives as a top U.S. automotive industry analyst and was inducted into the Institutional Investor Magazine Hall of Fame in 2021. His expertise and counsel on the automotive industry have been sought by leaders in business and government. Mr. Lache graduated from New York University’s Stern School of Business with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and International Business.
