Navistar appoints Walter G. Borst as Executive Vice-President and CFO

Navistar International Corporation announced that Walter G. Borst will join the company as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He succeeds Andrew J. (A.J.) Cederoth.

Borst, 51, comes to Navistar from General Motors Company (GM),
where he most recently was the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of GM Asset Management, responsible for managing approximately $85-billion in assets, predominantly for the GM benefits plans. Prior to that, he spent seven years as GM's treasurer and more than two years as Chief Financial Officer of Adam Opel AG.

"We are pleased to have Walter joining our leadership team as we move through our turnaround and reposition our company for future profitability and long-term success," said Troy A. Clarke, Navistar's President and CEO. "Walter is a highly qualified executive with broad and deep financial expertise. He has proven himself in a wide array of key financial leadership roles at one of the world's largest vehicle manufacturers, all of which makes him the right person to lead our financial operations and functions going forward."

"I'm excited to be joining Navistar and look forward to helping shape the company's financial and strategic direction for the benefit of its shareholders," Borst added. "I'm confident that Navistar is on the right track under Troy Clarke's leadership and am delighted that I'll have the opportunity to work with him and the rest of the Navistar team."

Borst, who officially starts with the company on August 1, will report to Clarke and serve on the company's senior leadership team.

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