Monro, Inc. announced that Thomas B. Okray has been appointed to the company?s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Okray will serve on the Executive Committee. Mr. Okray is a seasoned executive with significant financial and operational expertise in the auto industry and broader industrials segment, including a 26-year tenure at General Motors and subsequent senior finance roles at Amazon.com, Inc., Advance Auto Parts, Inc. and W.W. Grainger, Inc. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Eaton Corporation, a global intelligent power management company.

With Mr. Okray?s appointment, Monro's Board is now composed of nine directors, eight of whom are independent. Tom Okray is an accomplished finance and operations executive who most recently served as EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Eaton Corporation, a global intelligent power management company, from January 2021 to February 2024. Prior to joining Eaton, he served as SVP and Chief Financial Officer of W.W. Grainger, Inc., a role he assumed in April 2018, and earlier served as EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Advance Auto Parts, Inc. beginning in October 2016.

Prior to Advance Auto Parts, Mr. Okray was Vice President of Finance for Amazon.com [1], Inc.?s Global Customer Fulfillment organization. From 1989 to 2015, Mr. Okray held a variety of senior finance roles at General Motors and at the time of his departure served as Chief Financial Officer, Global Product Development Operations, Purchasing and Supply Chain, with a team of 45,000 employees across nine major development centers. During his tenure at General Motors, he worked 15 years internationally with senior leadership roles in Europe and Asia.

Mr. Okray also serves as a member of Flowserve Corporation?s Board of Directors, chairing the Audit Committee. He received an MBA from the University of Chicago, a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University and participated in a Transformational Leadership Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.