Navistar adds board member
ASSOCIATED PRESS October 17, 2012 10:08AM
Updated: November 19, 2012 3:07PM
Heavy truck and engine company Navistar International Corp. said Wednesday that it named John Pope to its board.
Pope replaces David Harrison, who chose to retire after serving five years on the Lisle-based company’s board. Pope’s appointment and Harrison’s retirement are effective immediately, keeping the total number of Navistar board members at 10, Navistar said.
Pope will stand for election at the company’s 2013 annual shareholder meeting. His appointment is in addition to the appointments of Vincent Intrieri of Icahn Capital LP and Mark Rachesky who runs MHR Fund Management LLC. They were named to the board earlier this month to head off a possible proxy fight involving their investment firms.
Pope currently serves as chairman of PFI Group LLC, a financial management firm mainly focused on private equity opportunities. He also has served as a director at Waste Management Inc. since 1997 and was its non-executive chairman from 2004 to 2011.
Pope also has worked as an executive for United Airlines and its parent UAL Corp., and with American Airlines and its parent, AMR Corp. AP
