Who are Lear's decision-makers?
Lear's leadership team is anchored by Ray Scott, President and Chief Executive Officer. For sales planning, the relevant decision makers usually include finance, operations, technology, procurement, segment leaders, legal, and regional leaders.
- CEO
- Ray Scott
- CFO/key exec
- Jason Cardew
- Founded
- 1917
- Employees
- About 160,000
- HQ
- Southfield, MI
- Status
- Public: NYSE LEA
- Ray ScottPresident, Chief Executive Officer and DirectorCEO since 2018Leads Lear's seating, E-Systems, and operational excellence agenda.
- Jason CardewSenior Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerCFO since 2019Owns global finance, treasury, tax, IT, and planning.
- Carl EspositoSenior Vice President, IDEA by LearIDEA leader since 2024Leads automation, digital, and innovation work tied to Lear's operating system.
- Harry KempSenior Vice President and Chief Administrative OfficerCAO since 2023Leads legal, HR, sustainability, ethics, and communications.
Who leads Lear?
Lear's leadership combines public-company governance with operating leaders who own products, regions, manufacturing or branch execution, technology, and customer programs. The CEO sets strategic priorities, while the CFO controls capital-allocation discipline and the operating leaders decide whether a vendor can be deployed without disrupting customers or production.
Who actually makes buying decisions at Lear?
Material purchases usually require a committee: the business sponsor owns the problem, finance validates ROI, procurement controls commercial terms, IT and security review software or data access, legal reviews risk, and operations or engineering confirms rollout feasibility. Strategic suppliers may also need regional, plant, branch, dealer, or customer-program approval.
How is Lear organized as it scales?
Lear operates through business units, regions, brands, plants, branches, dealers, or customer programs depending on the segment. That means sellers should not stop at corporate headquarters; the practical buyer often sits in a segment P&L, operations team, procurement function, digital group, or regional field organization.
As of June 2026.Sources:Lear company leadershipLear investor relations
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