AKRON, Ohio, May 16 OH-Goodyear-elect
AKRON, Ohio, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber
(NYSE: GT) Company announced today that Patrick Stobb has joined the company
as director of investor relations. Stobb will report to Darren Wells,
Goodyear's senior vice president of finance and strategy and will be located
at the company's headquarters in Akron.
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"Pat is an experienced finance and investor relations professional and has
a solid reputation with analysts and investors," said Wells. "We are confident
in Pat's ability to help the investment community understand the company's
business and strategies and we are pleased to have him on the Goodyear team."
Prior to joining Goodyear, Stobb was director of investor relations for
TRW Automotive Holdings Inc. since 2003. He also held a variety of investor
relations and finance positions with the Visteon Corporation from 2000 to 2003
and the Ford Motor Company from 1997 to 2000.
Stobb received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Walsh College in
Troy, Michigan, and his MBA in finance from the University of Pittsburgh's
Katz Graduate School of Business.
Stobb takes over the leadership of the investor relations function from
Greg Dooley, who has been appointed treasurer for Goodyear's Latin American
operations. Dooley has had responsibility for the company's investor
relations since 2006.
"Greg has done an outstanding job building relationships with our
shareholders and the investment community," said Wells. "I have no doubt that
he will be successful in his new role in Latin America."
Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. Fortune magazine
named Goodyear the World's Most Admired Motor Vehicle Parts Company in its
2008 list of the World's Most Admired Companies. The publication ranked
Goodyear No. 1 in innovation, people management, use of assets and global
orientation. The company is also listed on Forbes magazine's list of the Most
Trustworthy Companies in America and CRO magazine's ranking of the 100 Best
Corporate Citizens. Goodyear employs about 70,000 people and manufactures its
products in more than 60 facilities in 25 countries around the world. For more
information about Goodyear, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.
SOURCE The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
