Samantha J. Marnick
Ms. Marnick provides operational and business consulting services on strategy, acquisition targets, contract negotiations, turnarounds/divestures, supply chain, operations, human capital, and labor relations issues. Additionally, she provides senior executive coaching. In her most recent corporate role, she was the Chief Operating Officer, President Commercial for Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE: SPR), a global aerostructures supplier with $6B in 2023 revenues and 18,000 employees across US, Europe, and Asia. Before leaving Spirit in 2023, Ms. Marnick had primary responsibility for the commercial business (approximately $5 billion in revenue) and had global corporate responsibility for operational metrics, make-buy-where, supply chain, logistics, facilities footprint, and advanced manufacturing. Prior key functional roles at Spirit included Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Human Resource Officer. Before joining Spirit in 2006, Ms. Marnick spent most of her career in management consulting focused on human capital, communication, and change management consulting with Mercer Human Resource Consulting in Europe and the US; Watson Wyatt Worldwide in the UK; and as a Civil Servant for the UK’s Department of Health and Social Security. Since 2018, she has served as a board member for InTrust Bank (privately held) and as of 2024, as a board member for Latecoere (French, publicly traded). She also previously served as a board member for the US Chamber (Non-Profit), and as a Company Trustee (representing Spirit) on the IAM National Multi Employer Pension Fund.
Specific qualifications and experience of particular relevance to the Company
Ms. Marnick is a high-achieving global leader with an exceptional career record in P&L operations, human resources, and communication consulting. Her prior experience includes executive compensation, global human resources strategy and transformation, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, risk management, supply chain, and sustainability.