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Edward P. McAvoy
Senior Vice President – Chief Financial Officer
Ed McAvoy, as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for the integrity of GST AutoLeather’s books and for leading the organization to meet short, intermediate and long term financial goals. Ed joined GST in January 2007 with over 22 years of finance/business leadership and experience.
Prior to joining GST in January 2007, Ed was Vice President and General Manager of SPX Corporations’ Automotive Aftermarket Products and Services businesses, with over $300M in Revenue. His prior SPX experience was Vice President and CFO of one of SPX largest multi-industry segments, Transportation & Industrial Solutions, with Revenue of $1.4B.
Before joining SPX in January 2002, Ed was with The Stanley Works where he held various Finance positions, including CFO of Stanley Mechanics Tools division with $800M in Revenue and as Director, Operations Finance, with responsibility for all Operations/plant Finance personnel and over $2.0B in input costs. He also led the Y2K compliance team, reporting directly to the CEO and Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.
Prior to joining Stanley in 1998, Ed spent five years with AlliedSignal and ten years with General Electric. His AlliedSignal experience was filled with successful finance leadership positions in the Chemicals and Fibers industries. His GE experience included key leadership positions in manufacturing & engineering finance. He progressed rapidly throughout his GE tenure and left after GE divested its’ Aerospace business in late 2003.
Ed earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA and completed General Electric’s Financial Management Program.