Goodyear Names Jerome Rouquet Chief Financial Officer

Experienced automotive finance leader to join company Dec. 1

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) today announced that Jerome Rouquet will join the company as chief financial officer (CFO), effective Dec. 1, 2026. He will report to Chief Executive Officer Mark Stewart and serve as a member of the company's Senior Leadership Team.

Rouquet is an experienced global finance executive with deep expertise in the automotive industry. He currently serves as CFO of Visteon Corporation, where he leads the company's global financial activities. Before joining Visteon in 2020, he held senior finance leadership positions at Tenneco and Federal-Mogul, including serving as Federal-Mogul's CFO, chief accounting officer and controller.

"This is an important addition to our leadership team," said Mark Stewart. "Jerome combines deep financial expertise with a proven ability to help organizations improve performance and navigate transformation. As we continue building momentum and executing our long-term strategy, his leadership and experience will help position Goodyear for success."

With broad experience spanning financial strategy, operational performance, investor relations and public-company finance, Rouquet's appointment aligns with Goodyear's strategy to drive shareholder value through operational improvement, financial discipline and prudent capital allocation.

Rouquet holds a Master of Business and Management from Institut Supérieur de Gestion in Paris and completed the International Business Management Program at the Manhattan Institute of Management in New York.

Scott Deakin, who has served as interim CFO, will continue in the role until Rouquet joins the company and will support the leadership transition.

About The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 60,000 people and manufactures its products in 48 facilities in 19 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.

Forward-Looking Statements

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