Phil Christman Named President Of Operations at Navistar

Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) has announced that Phil Christman has been promoted to President, Operations, effective immediately. His scope of responsibilities will include procurement, product development, manufacturing and supply chain. He will report to Persio Lisboa, Navistar’s chief operating officer.

Christman has been with Navistar for nearly 30 years. During this time, he has held leadership roles in engineering, led Navistar’s severe service and global businesses, ran the company’s procurement and supply chain functions, and most recently, served as senior vice president, Joint Strategic Operations & Planning. In that role, he led benchmarking initiatives focused on making the company more competitive and played a vital role in developing the strategy that led to Navistar’s alliance with Volkswagen Truck & Bus.

Christman holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Indiana Institute of Technology and a master’s in business administration from Ball State University.

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