Richard Dauch Named CEO of Delphi Technologies

Delphi Technologies plc has hired Richard Dauch to take over as its CEO, effective immediately.

Dauch, 57, succeed Liam Butterworth, who left the position in October after 10 months to become CEO of automotive operations for Britain’s Melrose Industries plc.

Delphi Technologies was spun off from Delphi Automotive as a free-standing powertrain, combustion, electrification and software business at the end of 2017.

Dauch most recently was president of Accuride Corp., an Evansville, Ind.-based supplier of wheels and wheel ends for commercial vehicles. Before that he headed global manufacturing operation for American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., a company co-founded by his father Dick Dauch.