CFO Change at Jason Industries

Jason Industries, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI) announced that Sarah C. Lauber, a senior vice president and their chief financial officer, has given notice that she will be leaving the company on August 25, 2017 to pursue another opportunity. Chad M. Paris, currently their vice president of Investor Relations and Finance Finishing Americas, has been promoted to succeed Lauber as their vice president and chief financial officer. He will also serve as their principal financial and accounting officer.  

Paris joined the company in June 2014 and has worked in several financial management roles for them, including director of External Reporting and vice president of Investor Relations, Financial Planning & Analysis. Prior to joining the company he served as an audit senior manager with Deloitte & Touche LLP (New York, NY) and is a certified public accountant in Wisconsin. Paris earned a Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree in finance and real estate and a Master of Science degree in management accounting both from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

“We are pleased to announce Chad’s promotion. His broad-based experience as a finance professional and his knowledge of our businesses and our investors gives him a solid platform for the job of chief financial officer,” said Brian Kobylinski, the company president and chief executive officer. “We would like to thank Sarah for her contributions during her tenure as CFO. We wish her well in all of her future endeavors.”

Jason Industries is the parent company to a global family of manufacturing leaders within the seating, finishing, components and automotive acoustics markets, including DRONCO (Wunsiedel, Germany), Janesville Acoustics (Southfield, MI), Metalex (Libertyville, IL), Milsco (Milwaukee, WI), Osborn (Richmond, IN and Burgwald, Germany) and Sealeze (Richmond, VA). They employ more than 4,400 people in 14 countries.

www.jasoninc.com