Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 12, 2000
J.T. BATTENBERG, III is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
of Delphi Automotive Systems Corporation, the world's most diversified
automotive supplier company. He is also Chairman of the Delphi Strategy
Board. Mr. Battenberg has held numerous positions at General Motors,
including Assembly Plant Superintendent of Industrial Engineering,
Comptroller, Production Manager and Plant Manager. In addition, he has
served as Managing Director of the GM Continental Division in Belgium
and was General Manager of GM's overseas truck operations in England. He
also served on the Opel Supervisory Board. In 1986, he was appointed GM
Vice President for the former Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac Group's Flint
luxury car division. He later served as Vice President and Group
Executive for the Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac group for four years. In
1992, he was named GM Vice President and Group Executive of the former
Automotive Components Group (ACG) Worldwide. Two years later, he was
elected a GM Senior Vice President and President of the group. In July
1995, he was elected Executive Vice President of General Motors and
President of Delphi Automotive Systems (formerly ACG Worldwide). Mr.
Battenberg also served as a member of GM's President's Council, the top
policy-making group for the company. Mr. Battenberg earned a Bachelor's
degree in Industrial Engineering from Kettering University (formerly
GMI), a Master's of Business Administration in Operations Research from
Columbia University, and completed the Advanced Management Program at
Harvard University. He is active in several professional and civic
organizations, including the Society of Automotive Engineers, the
Society of Body Engineers, the Engineering Society of Detroit, and the
Executive Leadership Council, Automobile National Heritage Area. He
serves on the Board of Trustees for Kettering University, the National
Advisory Board for Chase Manhattan Corp., and the Board of Overseers at
Columbia University Business School. He is a Director of the Economic
Club of Detroit, a member of the Executive Board of the Detroit Area
Council of Boy Scouts of America, the Oakland County Automation Alley
Executive Board, and the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
Technology (FIRST) Board of Directors. In addition, he is a member of
the Council on Competitiveness, the Business Roundtable and the Business
Council. Mr. Battenberg has received several industry awards during his
career. Most recently, he was named the 1998 International Business
Council's World Trader of the Year by the Detroit Regional Chamber. Profile
Automotive to set the stage for the readers?
Mr. Battenberg: Delphi, as you probably know, is the world's largest and
most
