Tenneco Inc. announced the expected appointment of Jeff Stafeil as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, contingent upon the close of the transaction. Mr. Stafeil will replace Matti Masanovich, who will depart as Tenneco's CFO upon consummation of the transaction. Stafeil will join Tenneco from Adient PLC, a leading global OE supplier of automotive seating components and systems. He has three decades of global leadership and financial management experience, working mainly with global automotive suppliers, public companies and private equity firms, and business consultancies.

Since 2016, Stafeil served as Adient's executive vice president and chief financial officer, responsible for all financial activities including treasury, tax and audit as well as information technology. Prior to that, he worked at global automotive electronics supplier Visteon, where he was executive vice president and chief financial officer. Stafeil also has held a series of domestic and international executive finance roles within the automotive sector.

He also held management positions at Booz Allen Hamilton, Peterson Consulting and Ernst & Young.