Bavan Holloway joined our Board of Directors in September 2020. Bavan brings 30 years of finance and audit experience in complex and regulated industries to the boardroom. Until her retirement in April 2020, Bavan held the position of Vice President of Corporate Audit for Boeing. Previously, she held various executive positions in finance at Boeing. Prior to joining Boeing in May 2002, Bavan spent 16 years at KPMG LLP primarily serving investment services, broker dealer, and financial clients in Chicago and New York. She currently serves on the Boards of Directors of T-Mobile US, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMUS) and Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY). She also serves on the board of directors of the YWCA Seattle/King/Snohomish, including board secretary and member of the audit and finance committees. Bavan previously served on the boards of Special Olympics of Washington and the Institute of Internal Auditors – North America. Bavan has earned a number of awards and honors throughout her career, including a Black Engineer of the Year Special Recognition Award in 2019; a National Achievement in Industry Award from the National Association of Black Accountants in 2013; and a Women of Achievement Award from Legal Momentum in 2013. Bavan is a certified public accountant, a certified internal auditor, a chartered global management accountant, and is certified in risk-management assurance. She has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Tulsa (May 1986) and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from the Illinois Institute of Technology (May 1997).

Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Compensation Committee

Mr. Hughes has served on our board of directors since October 2015. He is the Managing Partner of EnCap Investments focusing on investments in the energy transition. EnCap is a venture capital investment manager based in Houston, Texas. Mr. Hughes was previously the CEO and Managing Director of Prisma Energy, LLC, a private entity focused on investments in energy storage which was acquired by EnCap in 2019. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of First Solar, Inc., from May 2012 to June 2016 and served as a member of First Solar, Inc.’s board of directors from May 2012 until September 2016. Prior to serving as the Chief Executive Officer of First Solar, Inc., he served as the company’s Chief Commercial Officer from March 2012 to May 2012. Prior to joining First Solar, Inc., Mr. Hughes served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of AEI Services, LLC from October 2007 until April 2011. From 2004 to 2007, he engaged in principal investing with a privately held company based in Houston, Texas. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Prisma Energy International from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Hughes currently serves as a corporate director of Alcoa Corporation, Eos Energy Storage, and PNM Resources. He is the former chairman and serves as a director of the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Mr. Hughes holds a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, a Certificate of Completion in international business law from Queen Mary’s College, University of London and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Jayshree Desai has served as a member of our board of directors since 2017. Jayshree is Chief Financial Officer for Quanta Services with oversight of the company’s finance and accounting, M&A, treasury and IT functions. Prior to being the CFO, Desai held the position of Chief Corporate Development Officer. As CCDO, Desai oversaw all M&A opportunities and treasury transactions.

Prior to joining Quanta, Desai was president of ConnectGen, LLC, a private-equity backed developer of utility-scale wind energy, solar energy and battery storage projects. From 2010 to 2018, she was the Chief Operating Officer of Clean Line Energy Partners LLC, an independent developer of high voltage transmission lines to bring renewable energy to market.  Before Clean Line, Desai served as the Chief Financial Officer of EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA), where she co-led the company through multiple recapitalizations, including the sale of EDPR NA’s predecessor company to the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., the subsequent sale in 2007 to Energias de Portugal for $2.7 billion and the $2.4 billion initial public offering of EDP’s renewable energy subsidiary in 2008.

Desai holds a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, Management Information Systems from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mr. Giovacchini currently serves as our Lead Independent Director. Mr. Giovacchini served as Chairman of our board of directors from 2006 to May 2020. Mr. Giovacchini is currently an independent consulting advisor to Landmark Partners, Inc. Prior to 2014, he served as a Principal of Landmark Partners, Inc. since 2005. Mr. Giovacchini has been investing in privately held companies on behalf of institutional limited partnerships since 1987. Mr. Giovacchini holds an A.B. in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Chair of the Compensation Committee

Steve joined TPI in 1999, became our CEO in 2004, led the company’s Initial Public Offering in 2016, and moved to the Chairman role in May of 2020. 

After 10 years, Steve concluded his service as a board member and past board Chairman of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). In 2020, he served on the transition board and led the CEO search committee as AWEA merged into the newly created American Clean Power Association (ACPA). 

Steve serves as Chairman of the board of Keystone Tower Systems, an innovative manufacturer of wind turbine towers. He is an Operating Partner with Angeleno Group, an equity investment firm that provides growth capital for next generation clean energy and natural resources companies. Mr. Lockard also serves as an Executive in Residence at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

Prior to joining TPI, Steve spent 15 years in the electronics manufacturing sector including serving as Vice President of Satloc, Inc., a supplier of precision GPS equipment. He was Vice President of marketing and business development and a founding officer of ADFlex Solutions, Inc., a NASDAQ- listed international manufacturer of electrical interconnect products. Earlier in his career Steve held several marketing and management positions at Rogers Corporation. Steve holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University.

TJ Jordan has served as a member of our board of directors since 2019. He is the former President and Chief Operating Officer of DURA Automotive Systems. In this role he was responsible for all strategic growth and operational initiatives across the global enterprise which included operations in countries spanning Asia, Europe, North America and South America. DURA is a leading tier one supplier of electric/hybrid systems, advanced driver-assistance systems, mechatronics, lightweight structural systems and luxury trim systems for all premier automotive brands. Under his leadership, DURA instituted new electric vehicle/hybrid smart technologies and an operational excellence transformation strategy to ensure the efficiency and flexibility needed to thrive during the next technological period of mobility evolution.

 

Mr. Jordan joined DURA in 2015 following a career of more than three decades, which included leadership roles with General Motors and United Technologies Corporation. During his 25-year tenure with General Motors, which included living internationally in Brazil, China and Mexico, he held positions of increasing responsibility in operations, purchasing, technology, business development, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and engineering. His most recent role there was Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Customer Experience. Mr. Jordan also served for five years with United Technologies Corporation in leadership roles that included Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Supply Chain.

 

He received his Executive Aerospace & Defense Master of Business Administration (ADMBA) in Operations, Strategy & Finance from the University of Tennessee, a degree in Pre-Law from Eastern Michigan University and a degree in Industrial Engineering Technology from Purdue University. Mr. Jordan also currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Oshkosh Corporation, Trinity Industries, Inc., Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, and on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the College of Business of Eastern Michigan University.  He is the founder of the Beatrice Cozetta Jordan Scholarship, co-founder of the Henry Elbert Harden Scholarship and the Tyrone M. & Sherri L Jordan Endowment Fund.

Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Member of the Compensation Committee

William (Bill) Siwek has served as President of TPI Composites since May 2019 and assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer and was elected to the Board of Directors in May 2020. Bill started with TPI as our Chief Financial Officer in 2013. He previously served as the Chief Financial Officer for T.W. Lewis Company, an Arizona-based real estate investment company, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Talisker Mountain, Inc., a real estate development company based in Park City, Utah and President and Chief Financial Officer of the Lyle Anderson Company, an Arizona-based real estate developer. Bill started his career with Arthur Andersen where he spent 18 years and was a Partner in both Audit and Business Consulting Divisions. Bill holds B.S. degrees in Accounting and Economics from University of Redlands, where he also served on the Board of Trustees and is currently on the Board of Directors of the American Clean Power Association.

Mr. Goldman is a member of our board of directors, a position he has held since May 2025. He has over 30 years of experience in investing and working with companies, in a variety of industries, to maximize shareholder value. Since January 2013, Mr. Goldman has served as the Managing Member of SAGE Capital Investments, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in independent board of director services, restructuring, strategic planning and transformations for companies in numerous industries, including energy, technology, media, retail, gaming and industrials. Mr. Goldman was formerly a Managing Director at Och Ziff Capital Management, LP from 2014 to 2016 and before that, a Founding Partner of Brigade Capital Management, LLC, from 2007 to 2012, which he helped build to over $12 billion in assets under management. Prior to this, Mr. Goldman was a Portfolio Manager at MacKay Shields, LLC and also held various positions at Salomon Brothers Inc, both as a mergers and acquisitions banker and as an investor in the high yield trading group. Mr. Goldman currently serves as Chairman of the board of directors of Talos Energy Inc. and is a member of the board of directors of Weatherford International plc and IRobot. He has also served on numerous other public and private company boards throughout his career.  He earned a BA from the University of Michigan in English Literature and an MBA from the University of Illinois. We believe that Mr. Goldman's extensive corporate governance and strategic planning expertise and his experience serving as a director for various public and private companies qualify him to serve as one of our directors.

Tim Pohl is the owner of TRP Advisors, LLC, which he formed after retiring from the Restructuring and Capital Solutions Group at Lazard, where he was a Managing Director for over a decade. At TRP Advisors, Mr. Pohl provides strategic advice to companies, financial institutions and private equity firms with respect to distressed situations, troubled portfolio companies, and acquisition opportunities. He also serves as an Independent Director for a variety of companies.

At Lazard, Mr. Pohl advised corporations and other constituents in distressed M&A, complex restructurings and related transactions. Before joining Lazard, Mr. Pohl was the co-head of the worldwide corporate restructuring practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. Mr. Pohl has extensive experience and expertise in all aspects of corporate restructurings, financing, and distressed M&A, having represented, both as an investment banker and attorney, large domestic and multi-national corporations, private equity sponsors, buyers and sellers of distressed assets, lenders, bondholders, hedge funds, institutional noteholders, and creditor committees.

Mr. Pohl has advised across a wide range of industries, including Oil & Gas, Power & Energy, Retail, Real Estate, Telecommunications, Technology, Airlines and Transportation, Manufacturing, Consumer Products, Financial Institutions, and Automotive, having led or been involved in many of the highest profile corporate restructurings over the past three decades. Mr. Pohl has also provided expert testimony on valuation and corporate and restructuring matters.

Mr. Pohl has been recognized as both a leading investment banker and attorney, and an expert on valuation and corporate and restructuring matters, in multiple publications including Who's Who Global Thought Leaders in Restructuring and Insolvency; Best Lawyers in America; Chambers Global Leading Lawyers (highest ranking); K & A Register Peer Group Listing Of Leading Advisors (as both an investment banker and an attorney); Turnarounds and Workouts Outstanding Investment Bankers; Turnarounds and Workouts Outstanding Lawvers; TMA Large Transaction of the Year.